Certainly! Funny that perceptions of what is natural/unnatural seem to be skewed by what we are used to being shown. In this case all elements in the composition were natural but it's perceived otherwise.
Sometimes the sky is almost white or becomes very close to white to properly expose the subject. Juxtapose that sky against a straight line like the tree and voila! Tom C. >From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:41:48 -0500 > >Definitely not being critical of Paul, but I know some pros that wouldn't >have taken that shot if they couldn't work around the white sky issue. >Me, I might not have noticed the white issue when I took the image, but I >would definitely have kept it until I could have taken a better one. > >Kenneth Waller > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > I like the shot alot. Nut Hatches just don't seem to stay still for very > > long. Even when perched they seem to constantly be twitching. > > > > I know everyone's got a feeling about the white sky, which there was > > nothing > > you could do about in camera. Maybe a selection on just the white sky > > portion in photoshop and then a curves adjustment to bring it down to >some > > level of gray...? > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > >>From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch > >>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:48:50 -0500 > >> > >>Thanks for the feedback Marnie. The white background is the sky. > >>Paul > >>On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > In a message dated 3/3/2007 2:38:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > 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. > >> > > >> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5672710&size=lg > >> > > >> > > >> > ========== > >> > I like everything but the white background. Since he is on a tree, >it > >> > looks > >> > very unnatural. > >> > > >> > Marnie aka Doe > >> > > >> > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers > > >-- >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
