Hi Markus, Yes, my objections to this are largely a result of the light. Too many specular highlights, apparently caused by the flash. It makes it look almost sudsy. More subtle light might have worked. But I've found it's very hard to get a good result with water droplets. Paul On Feb 17, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Markus Maurer wrote:
> Hi Paul > thanks for commenting, it means a lot for me. > Could you please tell me a bit more why the water do not work here > for you? > Do you think it would have been better without flash in natural > light and > the camera on a tripod or what else could I have done? > The rain water is real and not faked btw. > > Glad that you liked the girls photos and I will try adjusting the > "reading > one" again for some better midtones. > > greetings > Markus > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:19 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Red rose > > > Nope. The water doesn't really work here. I've tried that as well, > without success. It's tough. But the other two pics you posted today > are superb. Two out of three is a very good percentage:-). > Paul > On Feb 17, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: > >> A macro after the rain in the cemetry nearby with the Pentax SFXn, >> Pentax >> 50mm macro and AF280T flash on flash grip. >> >> Warning, it's a pure Cliche shot :-) >> >> http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/rose.jpg >> >> greetings >> Markus >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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
