Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-17 Thread brooksdj
Nice shot Boris. I love the framing you have with the arches and pillars. Good use of the natural light. Very little hilite blowouts. It does look good as a B&W shot,just not sure about the conversion. A little more contrast maybe.? Good job non the less. Dave Brooks

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Fascinating picture. Did you do bracketing, or was your exposure spot-on? I think I made few exposures, chimped and arrived to this one. Did you spend a lot of time in that chapel to watch the light evolve and wait for the best impression? Unfortunately I couldn't do that. We did not h

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-15 Thread Vic Mortelmans
Hello, Fascinating picture. Did you do bracketing, or was your exposure spot-on? Did you spend a lot of time in that chapel to watch the light evolve and wait for the best impression? Could you tell the focal distance of your lens? About 20mm or even wider? More questions than appreciation,

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-12 Thread frank theriault
On 9/9/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=215716 > > Please try to click on the image so that it will open on total black > background - the way I intended it to be watched. > > I think I need a lens wider than 18 mm... > > A

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It's beautiful, Boris. Thanks. I opened it on the black background as you suggested and it looks very nice, I love the quality of the light. I then became curious and took a copy, removed all the bordering black, and put it on a white background. To make the relative contrasts and t

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 9, 2005, at 12:24 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=215716 Please try to click on the image so that it will open on total black background - the way I intended it to be watched. It's beautiful, Boris. I opened it on the black background as y

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! You might be right. I've sent a private email with a WOW attachment as I can't upload to the web at the moment. John, I received your off-list message. I can see what you were trying to say. I usually am rather afraid of increasing contrast as it usually means that smoothness of transi

RE: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread Tim Øsleby
; From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10. september 2005 18:30 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: PESO - In The Tower > > Never mind the Canons, but virgins? ... > > No. It's not like that. But I admit I like the idea. > It was simple typo. I am

RE: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread Tim Øsleby
t; Subject: Re: PESO - In The Tower > > > Superb Boris! > > All I need is a god chair to sit at ;-) > > I could spend hours there, watching the light and the delicate lines. > > A god chair? Does that mean you're a deity? Should we start sacrificing >

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread John Celio
Superb Boris! All I need is a god chair to sit at ;-) I could spend hours there, watching the light and the delicate lines. A god chair? Does that mean you're a deity? Should we start sacrificing virgins (and Canons) to you, in all your godly splendor? ;-) John Celio -- http://www.neoven

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread John Forbes
Boris, You might be right. I've sent a private email with a WOW attachment as I can't upload to the web at the moment. J On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:23:54 +0100, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread Dario Bonazza
) Dario - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 7:11 AM Subject: Re: PESO - In The Tower Hi! Yes, the black background helps. Told ya ;-). A truly well executed scenario for... for what? I see two possib

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-10 Thread John Forbes
What I mean is that I would like blacker, shinier, blacks, as you would expect on a print from a negative. John On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:20:53 +0100, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Forbes wrote: Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition and the

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition and the great light, but would prefer more contrast. John, if you don't mind, could you please download it and WOW it a bit? I think adding contrast will make it more silhouette like and make the atmosphere

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Quite nice. I think it could have been better with a little less at the bottom and a little more at the top (the top right hand window). In fact, if you could crop it without losing much on either side, it would look a tinge better with a little less darkness below the podium. But I think

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Boris, I really like this one. I don't agree that the tonality is wrong, as you have, at least on my monitor, both extreme highlights and deep black shadows. Others have talked about cropping it, but I think it would be hard to do without either placing the lectern too close to the fram

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It certainly has an atmosphere! well done Boris. Thanks. A-ha, now I got the atmosphere... Very well! I appreciate your comment Cotty, perhaps even more than you can possibly imagine ;-). Boris

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Yes, the black background helps. Told ya ;-). A truly well executed scenario for... for what? I see two possibilities: 1. This picture wants to depict the inside of the church, as it could be required for a tourist guide or the like. If so, it's OK. :-/ 2. This picture wants to be w

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Seems to me, and pardon my chutzpah, but...you already *have* contrast, between the almost blown out open window highlights, and the darkest shadows inside. I think what is needed is more shadow detail! Now, I don't know how you actually GET that, but that's how I call it... Keith, your

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Beautiful, Boris. Very strong, and great technique. However, I do miss a little old lady on one of the back rows :-) I see your point... Well at least in my mind's eye. You know, that's always been a story with me - I'd prefer an empty scene shot to the one where there're people. That's

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I like it very much. Nice and moody. Love the lighting and the shadows. How much unsharp mask have you applied? Overall it looks a little soft, but maybe that's intentional. Tom, it is not intentional. I did not apply *much* USM. In fact I use the high-pass filter layer technique ins

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread John Coyle
Boris, I really like this one. I don't agree that the tonality is wrong, as you have, at least on my monitor, both extreme highlights and deep black shadows. Others have talked about cropping it, but I think it would be hard to do without either placing the lectern too close to the frame or lo

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/9/2005 11:31:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=215716 Please try to click on the image so that it will open on total black background - the way I intended it to be watched. I think I need a lens wide

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/9/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=215716 > >Please try to click on the image so that it will open on total black >background - the way I intended it to be watched. > >I think I need a lens wider than 18 mm... > >As usual - be

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
Yes, the black background helps. A truly well executed scenario for... for what? I see two possibilities: 1. This picture wants to depict the inside of the church, as it could be required for a tourist guide or the like. If so, it's OK. 2. This picture wants to be worth in itself, whichever the

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread keith_w
John Forbes wrote: Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition and the great light, but would prefer more contrast. John Seems to me, and pardon my chutzpah, but...you already *have* contrast, between the almost blown out open window highlights, and the d

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Jens Bladt
@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO - In The Tower Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition and the great light, but would prefer more contrast. John On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:24:36 +0100, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > http://ww

Re: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread John Forbes
Brutally honest, rather than brutal and honest, I think. I like the composition and the great light, but would prefer more contrast. John On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:24:36 +0100, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=215716 Please try t

RE: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Tom C
I like it very much. Nice and moody. Love the lighting and the shadows. How much unsharp mask have you applied? Overall it looks a little soft, but maybe that's intentional. Nice shot! Tom C. From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss

RE: PESO - In The Tower

2005-09-09 Thread Tim Øsleby
Superb Boris! All I need is a god chair to sit at ;-) I could spend hours there, watching the light and the delicate lines. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) >