I am not bragging, but I wonder if several covers on several minor magazines count? Aside from that the guy deserves a break - I have not seen the photo but I can tell you from personal experience that what is sent to the production department for publication is not always what you get in the magazine. It's a series of long, twisty passages... The photo may very well have been wonderful on the 'chrome but did not survive the process to the cover... Paul M. Provencher (ppro) -----Original Message----- From: dick graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: June Popular Photography cover It's a photo any of us should brag about. It's on the cover of a major publication! What have any of us done to match that? DG At 02:51 PM 5/16/01 -0700, you wrote: > >The June 2001 issue of Popular Photography has a cover photo of Mout > >Rainier by Tim Harris, taken with a Pentax 645 and 35mm f/3.5 lens. > > > >It's Fitzharris.... > >Anyway, not a photo I would brag about. Note in particular how much >brighter the mountain's reflection is, or how well defined the mountain >shadows in the reflection are compared to the absent shadows on the >mountain itself. A physical impossibility; reflections are never brighter. > >Either he used too strong a ND grad filter or he got too carried away with >PhotoShop (I tend to think it's the latter). These manipulations ruined for >me what is otherwise a very nice shot. > >OB Pentax -- Notice the further discussion in the magazine about the MZ-S >and it's tilted top? A devious strategy by Pentax: Provide an "incomplete" >press kit so the magazine(s) will mention your new camera some more. All >press is good press.... > > >-joe > > > >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
