I don't hate the flare pic, although i think a little less would be nice. I agree that it's potentially more dramatic than the record shot. Some Photoshop work could fix some of the flare. the sign is hopelessly out of focus. I can't read it. Paul On Nov 18, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> >> Bob, >> >> Photographically, the first pic has big flare >> problems. The second one is much better. The sign >> inside the chuch is way out of focus. >> > > Flare is only a problem if you think it's a problem! Personally I > don't think it is in this picture - I think it adds something > dramatic. I think the 2nd picture is just a bit of a boring record > shot. > > Ditto for the photo of the sign. It serves its purpose, which is to > show the childrens' names. I don't think it's out of focus, I think > it's either camera shake from the relatively low light in the church, > and the slow lens, or some sort of blurring from the glass panel over > the document. > >> As far as the subject matter is concerned (Warning: >> WAY OT), it is very recent (within the last 100 years) >> that one's infants are most likely going to survive to >> adulthood in the developed world. Modern sanitation >> cut the childhood mortality rate from well over 50 >> percent in the early 19th century (good records are >> lacking) to about 20 percent in the early 20th, and >> immunizations have been responsible for most of the >> rest of the improvement. >> >> I've taken care of un-immunized kids with diphtheria, >> whooping cough, tetanus, and polio. They're horrible >> diseases and they're still all around us. >> > > Indeed. I've seen some horrible things happening to children in > Africa. The fact that it still happens makes these little graves so > much more touching. > > Bob > > > -- > 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
