I think that comes from the perspective of the pro - he's looking to make money off it & has to be concerned with what other pros are producing. OTOH, if the image is simply for your own personal enjoyment - whatever floats your boat.
I think the fussiness of pros, especially the outdoor pros that I know, is one of the reasons their stuff sells as it does. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
