Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-27 Thread brooksdj
Drats. If i had something like that up here i could have submitted into the mailbox photo catagory.LOL Very interesting mailbox and "guard". The face close up is very detailed and looks fine at this end, Shel Dave In front of the club house is one of t

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yeah - I've got a print made from a B&W neg that was shot through #29 Red filter, which rendered the face a bone white color blown up to 16x20. Very scary ... I think I'm going to reshoot this with a very slow film - APX 25 or Efke 25, through the same filter, using a few of my sharpest "portrait"

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's really a nice piece of art work. One of the biggest problems I have photographing it is that the neighbors usually have their car parked in such a way that it's difficult, if not sometimes impossible, to get a nice, uncluttered shot. Shel I'm sure, if you asked

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread frank theriault
On 9/26/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/w-face.html Geez, I was just looking at this one again, and thinking how GREAT it would look all blowed up and hanging on yer door on Hallowe'en night - assuming you shell out, that is... cheers, frank

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi Shel, that's right what I was thinking, if fits too perfectly in the background, doesn't show up clearly. The detail looks much more evident, and separates much clearer from the background ;-) On my freshly calibrated monitor no highlight looks blown out. Pancho Bruce Dayton schrieb: He

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There are no leaves in the photo referenced below. If you're referring to the smaller shot which shows the entire sculpture, that was just a Q&D snap to show the piece in its surroundings. I was there yesterday specifically to photograph the "face" abd to compare the 77mm and K85/1.8 lenses. But

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Womer
Shel, I was thinking about the glare off the leaves and the metal, which may be reducing the image's contrast. Rick --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick ... > > I've worked with this mailbox before. A few years > ago I shot it using B&W > film and a deep red filter. That gave

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Gasha
OMG - what a picture! Gasha Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Bruce ... When the ivy is fuller, and the light a little softer, the full sculpture does jump out from the background. Then, using a red filter and B&W film nets some pretty nice results. The shot I posted was just a quick snap to show t

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Bruce ... When the ivy is fuller, and the light a little softer, the full sculpture does jump out from the background. Then, using a red filter and B&W film nets some pretty nice results. The shot I posted was just a quick snap to show the piece in its entirety and in its surroundings, not as

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Shel, The highlights look ok on my monitor. That is truly a unique mailbox. One that I'd be apt to visit more than once. Seems like there must be some perfect lighting to really make it jump out from it's surroundings. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, September 26, 2005, 12:18:12 AM, you

Re: Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/09/26 Mon PM 02:51:27 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail > > Oh No! How could ~that~ have happened ... thanks Mike I think I'

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Oh No! How could ~that~ have happened ... thanks Mike I think I've figured out a way to get it closer to the "bleached bones" effect that I want. Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/w-face.html > > No blowout here but dramatically differe

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What's AWB? Auto White Balance? If so, no ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Charles Robinson > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/w-face.html > > ...and suddenly the steel skeleton looks like it is made out of grey > clay. Were you using AWB?

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Rick ... I've worked with this mailbox before. A few years ago I shot it using B&W film and a deep red filter. That gave me nice, white "bones" This time, using the digi, I had to find another way to achieve a similar effect. A polarizer wouldn't do anything along the lines I wanted, althoug

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/09/26 Mon AM 07:18:12 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail > > I live in a rather odd neighborhood. It's fairly rural and quite eclectic. > Above Casa Belinkoff is almost 80,000 acres of

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi John ... yes, the color change was deliberate. I'll post the details in response to another message in this thread. Thanks! Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Coyle > > Shel - the highlights are far from fried on my monitor - what I do find > interesting is that the skull has changed

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 26, 2005, at 2:18, Shel Belinkoff wrote: In front of the club house is one of the most interesting and creative mailboxes I've ever seen. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/angel_box.jpg Looks good, levels are right on. Nice metal skeleton! Here's one version of a detail. I'm co

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread frank theriault
On 9/26/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live in a rather odd neighborhood. It's fairly rural and quite eclectic. > Above Casa Belinkoff is almost 80,000 acres of park land and open space, > down the hill are homes worth more than 500,000. Deer and coyote and fox > abound. There

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Womer
Creepy, Shel! How would this shot work with a polarizer and a B&W conversion? Rick --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live in a rather odd neighborhood. It's fairly > rural and quite eclectic. > Above Casa Belinkoff is almost 80,000 acres of park > land and open space, > down th

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like the detail shot. Nice pic. Highlights are excellent. They read as just a somewhat brighter shade of gray. Paul : On 9/26/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I live in a rather odd neighborhood. It's fairly rural and quite eclectic. Above Casa Belinkoff is almost 80,000 acres

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread John Coyle
Shel - the highlights are far from fried on my monitor - what I do find interesting is that the skull has changed colour! Was this deliberate? HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:18

Re: PAW PESO - Hells Angels' Mailbox Detail

2005-09-26 Thread David Savage
In neither one do the highlights look blown to me. Interesting, to say the least :-) Dave On 9/26/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live in a rather odd neighborhood. It's fairly rural and quite eclectic. > Above Casa Belinkoff is almost 80,000 acres of park land and open space,