Thanks, Rick. Much appreciated. I really enjoyed working on this one, other than the framing issues., and I think I'll keep working on this sort of thing for a while.
On 2/25/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, I really like this one! The way the leaf > undulates is fascinating. Nice composition and > exposure, too. > > Rick > > --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've always been inspired by Paul Caponigro's still > > life work. Last > > month's issue of LensWork featured a photographer by > > the name of Guy > > Gagnon, a French Canadian living in Belgium. His > > photographs are > > black and white renderings of dried plants against a > > black velvet > > background. Since it's snowing outside and I didn't > > really feel like > > getting out, I draped a black sweatshirt over a > > dining chair, parked > > it next to the window, and took a few frames of this > > leaf that > > recently fell off one of my wife's plants. > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162 > > > > I shot this with the K100D and 18-55 kit lens at > > 45mm, f11, 0.3 > > seconds, -1.5EV, ISO 200, and then tinkered around > > with it a bit in > > Picasa. I think it needs more depth of field. I > > think I need a > > better understanding of black and white conversion. > > I know I'm going > > to want that 35mm Macro Limited. > > > > Comments and critiques most welcome. Thanks for > > looking. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com > > Shoot more film! > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
