Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread Jack Davis
Kudos for attempting such an elusive subject. Love the overall lighting. Don't know what the ISO setting was, but I see a pretty noise free image for an exposure of that length. There are no such "lightning bugs" (that's what we called them years ago when living in Iowa) in California. Certainly

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/her out. -p On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Another great firefly show last n

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread P N Stenquist
Thanks Paul. I was going to clone the long trail, but I figured it was interesting if not attractive. But you're right in that it would be a better photo without it. Paul On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That's a wonderful image. I like the long trail in the upper right; I think that it makes the image, rather than distracting from it. It shows what a determined little bug can do! dan On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > Like this one a lot better than the first.  The guy i

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread eckinator
Positively what Dan said imho. Keep the log trail; don't be tempted into negating that bug's efforts. And don't clone out the bird either - after all it stood still in mid-take-off for 30 seconds =) All in all wonderful image indeed thanks for sharing ecke 2010/6/24 Daniel J. Matyola : > That's a

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:15, P N Stenquist wrote: > I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it > all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which > move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how > close to

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:15, P N Stenquist wrote: >> I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it >> all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which >> move faster while lit have l

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: > Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on > pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the > background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a > picture if

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-24 Thread paul stenquist
Thanks Frank. Grace has told me that they are indeed fairies. Paul On Jun 24, 2010, at 8:41 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist > wrote: >> Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on >> pixels, perhaps with a bit more succes

Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies

2010-06-25 Thread eckinator
2010/6/25 paul stenquist : > Thanks Frank. Grace has told me that they are indeed fairies. Try believing then =) They are in their very own way. Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th