Re: PESO - Waterfight!
Ha. I was standing on the deck, a few feet above them as they ran past. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: You were monumentally tall back in the day, it seems! :) :) On Aug 5, 2013, at 07:19 , George Sinos wrote: This is one of my favorite photos. Taken long ago with a Spotmatic. I missed the focus. They ran from a brightly lit part of the yard into shadow and I didn't react fast enough so the original was underexposed. Just think, if I had the fancy auto-focus, auto-exposure camera of today it would be be a technical masterpiece! Well, probably not. More likely it would be mis-focused and poorly exposed in a different way. I scanned it from a 13 year old faded slide, cropped it, tried to fix the exposure, and cloned out a bunch of junk that was cluttering up the yard. Anyway, as technically poor as it is, this photo has always been and continues to be a favorite because of the content. I'm going to make a small print. It will make a nice addition to the family photos that hang on the wall. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/5/waterfight gs -- 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 and follow the directions. -- 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 and follow the directions.
PESO - Waterfight!
This is one of my favorite photos. Taken long ago with a Spotmatic. I missed the focus. They ran from a brightly lit part of the yard into shadow and I didn't react fast enough so the original was underexposed. Just think, if I had the fancy auto-focus, auto-exposure camera of today it would be be a technical masterpiece! Well, probably not. More likely it would be mis-focused and poorly exposed in a different way. I scanned it from a 13 year old faded slide, cropped it, tried to fix the exposure, and cloned out a bunch of junk that was cluttering up the yard. Anyway, as technically poor as it is, this photo has always been and continues to be a favorite because of the content. I'm going to make a small print. It will make a nice addition to the family photos that hang on the wall. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/5/waterfight gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waterfight!
Right on, George. Without something worthwhile to shoot and something to say about it, it's all just gear collecting. I love the purely exuberant moment in the shot. Your PoV really makes it special. On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of my favorite photos. Taken long ago with a Spotmatic. I missed the focus. They ran from a brightly lit part of the yard into shadow and I didn't react fast enough so the original was underexposed. Just think, if I had the fancy auto-focus, auto-exposure camera of today it would be be a technical masterpiece! Well, probably not. More likely it would be mis-focused and poorly exposed in a different way. I scanned it from a 13 year old faded slide, cropped it, tried to fix the exposure, and cloned out a bunch of junk that was cluttering up the yard. Anyway, as technically poor as it is, this photo has always been and continues to be a favorite because of the content. I'm going to make a small print. It will make a nice addition to the family photos that hang on the wall. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/5/waterfight gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- 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 and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waterfight!
George, Fun indeed! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of my favorite photos. Taken long ago with a Spotmatic. I missed the focus. They ran from a brightly lit part of the yard into shadow and I didn't react fast enough so the original was underexposed. Just think, if I had the fancy auto-focus, auto-exposure camera of today it would be be a technical masterpiece! Well, probably not. More likely it would be mis-focused and poorly exposed in a different way. I scanned it from a 13 year old faded slide, cropped it, tried to fix the exposure, and cloned out a bunch of junk that was cluttering up the yard. Anyway, as technically poor as it is, this photo has always been and continues to be a favorite because of the content. I'm going to make a small print. It will make a nice addition to the family photos that hang on the wall. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/5/waterfight gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- 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 and follow the directions. -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waterfight!
You were monumentally tall back in the day, it seems! :) :) On Aug 5, 2013, at 07:19 , George Sinos wrote: This is one of my favorite photos. Taken long ago with a Spotmatic. I missed the focus. They ran from a brightly lit part of the yard into shadow and I didn't react fast enough so the original was underexposed. Just think, if I had the fancy auto-focus, auto-exposure camera of today it would be be a technical masterpiece! Well, probably not. More likely it would be mis-focused and poorly exposed in a different way. I scanned it from a 13 year old faded slide, cropped it, tried to fix the exposure, and cloned out a bunch of junk that was cluttering up the yard. Anyway, as technically poor as it is, this photo has always been and continues to be a favorite because of the content. I'm going to make a small print. It will make a nice addition to the family photos that hang on the wall. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/5/waterfight gs -- 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 and follow the directions.
