Quite graceful! Dan M
On 2/26/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, it works as it is now. > > I however suggest that you consider alternative macro lenses, because > the shorter the focal length - the closer the object has to be to the > front element of the lens, which is not always a good thing. > > Boris > > > Scott Loveless 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. > > > > > -- > 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
