Excuse me, Paul and Godfrey. Godfrey, I didn't ever see your original post, but this is an improvement. Extremely shallow DOF has to be blamed to some extent. Spot sharpening on cup is noted.
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's it. But Shel doesn't usually miss on these. Perhaps his > monitor had a headache? > Paul > On Aug 20, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > Hi Shel, > > > > Thanks for coming last evening! It was a good time. And thank you > for > > the compliment. > > > >> istDS, A50/1.4 @ F/2.8, ISO 3200, 1/40 sec > >> http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/zocalao.html > > > > Seems a trifle flat and a little dark to my eye. Hit it with the > > Curves took just a little bit to add some sparkle... Perhaps Jack > > will like this better: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/zocalo_4531eg.jpg > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > >> Last night Marnie and I met in Berkeley and drove out to the > Zocalo > >> Coffee > >> House to see Godfrey's exhibit and to enjoy the wonderful pastries > >> he put > >> out (mmmm - you should have stopped by - the pastries were great > >> and the > >> photos were interesting and sometimes thought provoking). Godders > >> is a > >> good host. We all had an enjoyable evening, shmoozing, taking > >> silly snaps > >> of one another, talking photography, and getting a tour of > >> Godfrey's new > >> Prius, which is a very nice little car. > >> > >> I was fooling around with the istDS and the A50/1.4, shooting @ > >> 3200 ISO. > >> Once again I was surprised at the low noise generated by the DS at > >> this > >> high speed. I was just taking some fun snaps, and Felipe, > Godders' > >> partner, kept sticking his face into the photo and acting silly, > >> just like > >> you sometimes see passers-by doing in the background on the local > > >> news > >> casts. Anyway, I liked this little snap, so here it is for you to > >> ignore, > >> criticize, compliment, or kvetch about. > >> > >> BTW, there was no sharpening done on this image except for some > >> light local > >> sharpening on the coffee mug. I'd say that the A50/1.4 is a > pretty > >> decent > >> lens. > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
