On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 03:10:28 -0500 (EST), John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This was taken in another of those dark music venues; > even with ISO 1600 I was shooting 1/25 at f1.7 > (*ist-D, F50/f1.7) - I've got to get me another 1.4 > > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/FourHands.jpg> > > This is almost straight as it came from the camera > (best-quality JPEG, all other settings on default), > with no attempt to correct anything; it's as least > as good as I'd expect to get from Fuji 1600 under > the same difficult lighting conditions, and in fact > the black background is better than I've managed > when scanning film. > > The cheekbones are a little blown out; if I'd been > shooting raw I could probably have corrected that. >
Am I having an acid flashback? Wait, I've never taken LSD; that can't be it! <vbg> Well, that's a wild shot, John. Love it! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
