PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread Charles Robinson
I can't say enough good things about what you can do with pulling up detail from the shadows in the K5. Saturday night, the wife and I pedaled around Washington DC taking photos of the monuments. One shot I did, I figured well, the contrast is too much but I'll just expose for the brights and

Re: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread Bulent Celasun
Bravo! To you and to the makers of K5. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Those are both stunning images. In some ways, I think I prefer the first, simpler composition. If you cropped it just a bit, it could be an interesting abstract. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com

Re: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Pretty cool, Charles. You could also try a Photoshop composite technique. Export both exposures and stack them in Photoshop, then create a layer mask filled with black on the brighter layer. Gradually paint white on the layer mask to reveal the brighter exposure in the places where you need/want

Re: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread Christine Aguila
Totally agree about the shadow possibilities on the K5. Nice work, Charles. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I can't say enough good things about what you can do with pulling up detail from the shadows in the K5.

Re: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range on the K5)

2014-09-29 Thread David Mann
Actually I really like the original version. Cheers, Dae On Sep 30, 2014, at 6:25 am, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I can't say enough good things about what you can do with pulling up detail from the shadows in the K5. Saturday night, the wife and I pedaled around Washington