Yes, but what they wanted in the end was almost the complete opposite of what they originally asked for. As it was, I shot a couple hundred frames. You have to cover what you believe the assignment to be. That's my take based on a quarter century of shooting for pubs. Paul On Mar 4, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Markus Maurer wrote:
> Thanks Paul for the information. > Regarding your recent N.Y. Times experience I asked myself if it is > not wise > to always take more and some different shots too than a client demands > in > advance? > I would if I get more paid photo jobs. > greetings > Markus > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:42 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch > > > No, my stock house is more than happy if I retouch to make a shot more > appealing. However, some houses require disclosure of retouching. Some > even prohibit it. But that sort of regulation is more applicable to > houses that specialize in specimen photos for biologists, textbooks and > the like. > Paul > On Mar 4, 2007, at 4:19 AM, Markus Maurer wrote: > >> Hi Paul >> Do you have to record if a photo is manipulated (similar to >> photo.net) with >> a replaced sky or not with the stock house ? >> greetings >> Markus >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> Paul Stenquist >> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:25 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch >> >> >> Thanks Brian. My hit percentage with this lens combo is very low at >> 1.500th. With more light, I can get quite a few. Yes, the background >> is >> white sky. No way I could get it in range. It was a good ten stops >> above the bird's exposure. I could replace it with blue sky and clouds >> from another pic. I'll probably do that if I decide to send it to the >> stock house. >> Paul >> On Mar 3, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> >>> Cute little bugger... >>> >>> 800 mm hand held with a flash attached - now, that's impressive. The >>> only niggle is that I find the white background a bit bright >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Brian Walters >>> Western Sydney Australia >>> >>> (PS - the link is missing the first "ht") >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> Sorry for hogging bandwidth, but this pic might be worth a look. It >>>> >>>> demonstrates pretty good performance from a budget long-lens combo: >>>> The >>>> A 400/5.6 plus A2X-S converter. I also used the Pentax 540 FGZ in >>>> high-speed synch mode with the Kirk Flash Xtender. Handheld of >>>> course:-). Hey, it's only 800mm. Piece of cake. :-)). SR turned on. >>>> >>>> 1.500th, f5.6, ISO 1000. Cropped to about 75% of frame. >>>> >>>> tp://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5672710&size=lg >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> Click to learn how to make millions with hedge funds >>> http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJe2FwVtbagaKCJbCpXZvFMheJG/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > > > -- > 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
