Re: GESO: Pics from BluesQuake

[Igor PDML-StR]

Hi Nicole,

 Nicole Jacque Thu, 26 May 2016 20:44:07 -0700 wrote:



PS. I thought you should've posted the masterpiece photo not at the end of
the other thread where some people might just skip it, but either in this
message, or yet separately!
I am talking about this one: https://flic.kr/p/HuH1up


Good point, so I did a separate PESO.  He thinks about the K1 24/7. 
When he finally gets one, I’m not sure he’ll know what to spend his time 
thinking about.


That "K1 24/7" - got me thinking for a moment: "What is that very exotic 
lens?.."


The next step after K1 will be 15-30/2.8 (unless Sigma will come out with 
a FF version of 15-30/1.8).

There is always some new fetish!.. ;-)

Cheers,

Igor



On a separate note, I need to check that lens, it wasn’t focusing well 
at all...


I've been less then completely happy with FA 50/1.4 + K-7 & K-5 IIs 
while shooting dances in low light @ f/1.4. I've even had the lens checked 
by the Pentax repair master.
I like the performance of 35/1.8 and 77/1.8 (Limiteds) under the same 
conditions much-much better.



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Re: GESO: Pics from BluesQuake

[Nicole Jacque]

> On May 26, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> Nicole,
> 
> I enjoyed looking at this series.
> The first thought that popped up in my mind after looking at these photos was 
> the same as what I've written about your previous series from a dance event: 
> I enjoy the way you are framing these photos.
> Having seen tons of dance-event photos, I think it is one of the main things 
> that make such photos interesting and powerful.
> 

Thank you, Igor!

> From that perspective, I'd say that lack of focus on the guy in
> NAJ54780.jpg makes it not as strong. In a similar way, having a deeper DOF in 
> NAJ54762.jpg, so that the woman were also in focus would be great, but I 
> understand that you were shooting at f/1.4 due to the low light. (And the 
> guy's facial expression is not exactly inspiring/-ed.)
> Also, I am not sure if this photo is as interesting as the rest: NAJ54533.jpg 
> .
> I think the rest of the photos are much  stronger, so you might consider just 
> skipping these three.
> 

Yes, the very low light conditions meant I had to shoot at f/1.4 and hope.   
Thank you for the feedback on the photos — selecting/pruning down photos is 
something I struggle with, and I really appreciate getting your opinion as well 
as the rationale behind it.  I really wish the guy in NAJ54762 had a more 
interesting expression — ah, well, perhaps I selected it for the photo I hoped 
for.  I kinda like 54533, but I have to agree with you on 54780 — I wish the 
focus was reversed.

> 
> 
> PS. I thought you should've posted the masterpiece photo not at the end of 
> the other thread where some people might just skip it, but either in this 
> message, or yet separately!
> I am talking about this one: https://flic.kr/p/HuH1up
> 

Good point, so I did a separate PESO.  He thinks about the K1 24/7.  When he 
finally gets one, I’m not sure he’ll know what to spend his time thinking about.

On a separate note, I need to check that lens, it wasn’t focusing well at all...

> Cheers!
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> 
> Nicole Jacque Tue, 24 May 2016 23:47:43 -0700 wrote:
> 
> You’ve all seen Larry’s photos, here’s my version of BluesQuake:
> 
> https://flic.kr/s/aHskx7ZRij
> 
> 
> I didn’t get to spend as much time editing as I’d like, unfortunately — this 
> is the crazy season at work before our big developers conference… I did have 
> a chance to play with my 360 degree camera on the dance floor though.  I 
> haven’t had a chance to do anything with those yet.  Hopefully there’ll be 
> something interesting there to share.
> 
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Re: GESO: Pics from BluesQuake

[Igor PDML-StR]

Nicole,

I enjoyed looking at this series.
The first thought that popped up in my mind after looking at these photos 
was the same as what I've written about your previous series from a dance 
event: I enjoy the way you are framing these photos.
Having seen tons of dance-event photos, I think it is one of the 
main things that make such photos interesting and powerful.


From that perspective, I'd say that lack of focus on the guy in
NAJ54780.jpg makes it not as strong. In a similar way, 
having a deeper DOF in NAJ54762.jpg, so that the woman were also in 
focus would be great, but I understand that you were shooting at f/1.4 due 
to the low light. (And the guy's facial expression is not exactly 
inspiring/-ed.)
 Also, I am not sure if this photo is as interesting as the rest: 
NAJ54533.jpg .
I think the rest of the photos are much  stronger, so you might 
consider just skipping these three.




PS. I thought you should've posted the masterpiece photo not at the 
end of the other thread where some people might just skip it, but either 
in this message, or yet separately!

I am talking about this one: https://flic.kr/p/HuH1up

Cheers!

Igor



Nicole Jacque Tue, 24 May 2016 23:47:43 -0700 wrote:

You’ve all seen Larry’s photos, here’s my version of BluesQuake:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskx7ZRij


I didn’t get to spend as much time editing as I’d like, unfortunately — 
this is the crazy season at work before our big developers conference… I 
did have a chance to play with my 360 degree camera on the dance floor 
though.  I haven’t had a chance to do anything with those yet.  Hopefully 
there’ll be something interesting there to share.


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GESO: Pics from BluesQuake

[Nicole Jacque]

You’ve all seen Larry’s photos, here’s my version of BluesQuake:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskx7ZRij

I didn’t get to spend as much time editing as I’d like, unfortunately — this is 
the crazy season at work before our big developers conference…  I did have a 
chance to play with my 360 degree camera on the dance floor though.  I haven’t 
had a chance to do anything with those yet.  Hopefully there’ll be something 
interesting there to share.
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