Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-13 Thread Jack Davis
/09, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > From: eactiv...@aol.com > Subject: Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 3:12 PM > In a message dated 10/13/2009 3:11:50 > P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, > knarftheria...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/13/2009 3:11:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Timeless photo, beautifully rendered. Lovely. cheers, frank = Thanks, frank. Marnie ;-) Who looks brilliant because she overexposed. Heh. ---

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:31 PM, wrote: > Hmmm, long story, I'll try to shorten  it. > > The two buildings on the end right are closed and abandoned and have  been > for some time. The store on the left end (with a bar) is still open. It is > a lot newer that than the others (relatively speaking

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/12/2009 7:40:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Excellent photo, Marine. I will surely make for a great cover. Cheers, Christine = Thanks, Christine. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, Oc

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Christine Aguila
Excellent photo, Marine. I will surely make for a great cover. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store Hmmm, long story, I'll try to shorten it. The two buildings on the end right are close

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/12/2009 12:37:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Marnie, I've read a couple cropping suggestions for this image. With all due respect, I can't see cropping any from the top or right. You couldn't remove much from the top without threatening the up

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Miserere
2009/10/12 : > > === > Thanks! Yes, it  turned out to be a happy accident, at least regarding this > location. Good thing  because I blew most of the rest of the shots. Heh. > > My other Great Grandpa  had a store too, in another small town in the area > (but much bigger than this  one

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Jack Davis
Marnie, I've read a couple cropping suggestions for this image. With all due respect, I can't see cropping any from the top or right. You couldn't remove much from the top without threatening the upper right cornice of the far right building and I feel that removing even a portion of the right e

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/12/2009 6:11:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I think the image as is might be "good enough" for a family publication. It's still kind of washed out, like it was printed from a badly underexposed negative. For me, the problem is the lack of

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/12/2009 9:21:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kwal...@peoplepc.com writes: I agree, and I would tighten it up a bit to lessen/remove the blank space, expecially along the top, bottom & RH side. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f = Thanks, Ken. I

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Ken Waller
I agree, and I would tighten it up a bit to lessen/remove the blank space, expecially along the top, bottom & RH side. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Miserere" Subject: Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store Doe, I love

RE: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Marnie Hmmm, long story, I'll try to shorten it. The two buildings on the end right are closed and abandoned and have been for some time. The store on the left end (with a bar) is still open. It is a lot newer that than the others (relatively speaking). This is a very, very small t

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Jack Davis
Sepia high key that really works for me. Like it very much. What is the name of the town, Marnie? Near I-5? Jack --- On Sun, 10/11/09, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > From: eactiv...@aol.com > Subject: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 8:31 PM > Hmmm

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 10/11/2009 9:43:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: Doe, I love this shot! It has a fantastic old feel to it with that overblown sky. I suspect that if you'd taken the shot "properly", it wouldn't have looked unique such as it does now. I wouldn't mes

RE: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-12 Thread Bob W
> > Certainly good enough for the "cover" of a PDF I am doing on > my family history (for family members). > > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/store.htm > > Tell me if you agree. > > (I've thought about taking the foliage out from under the > tree, but think that might not be an

RE: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread Chris Mitchell
Marnie, if you hadn't told us otherwise, I'd have assumed that it was a scan of an old, faded photo. Your accident has created something really good. Only thing I'd do maybe is crop out the white area on the right. Chris > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bo

RE: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Marnie wrote: > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/store.htm > > Tell me if you agree. > > (I've thought about taking the foliage out from under the tree, but > think > that might not be an improvement. I've also thought about adding > vignetting, ditto, might not improve it.) I'd real

RE: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread John Coyle
I like that a lot Marnie: if it were mine, I'd crop the very white right-hand edge, and possible a little off the top and bottom too. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Monday, 12 October 200

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks for the story. It remined me that my great grandparents came from Ireland looking for gold during the rush in cental Victoria in the mid 1800's. The old house they lived in is still there but slowly decaying. I'll have to do (another) road trip and get some decent photos before it's gone

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread Boris Liberman
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Tell me if you agree. Yes, I agree :-), this is great shot! Please don't modify it in any way ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread ann sanfedele
ooh I like it! ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Hmmm, long story, I'll try to shorten it. The two buildings on the end right are closed and abandoned and have been for some time. The store on the left end (with a bar) is still open. It is a lot newer that than the others (relatively speaking)

Re: PESO - Great Grandpa's Store

2009-10-11 Thread Miserere
Doe, I love this shot! It has a fantastic old feel to it with that overblown sky. I suspect that if you'd taken the shot "properly", it wouldn't have looked unique such as it does now. I wouldn't mess with the tree, but maybe a bit of vignetting would add a nice touch, but vignetting is up to tas