Bruce, Thanks for the comments. It WAS a mostly- cloudy time of the day, though the image turned out a little more gray online than it is in the print (I'm still learning the digitizing process). The crop being that shape is a function of the shape of the hole in the fence and my wanting to give some sense of where the cars were going and where they were going. I wanted to try to convey some of the sweeping effect of that turn. I tried it with more of the left side cut off but didn't like it as much. It was manually focussed. I think I picked a tire mark or a place in the rumble strip to focus on. I liked the headlights too :))) Thanks for the comments.
Cory Waters missing motorsports already ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:32 AM Subject: November PUG comments <SNIP> > "The Esses" - by Cory Waters > > My first glance at this made me think the fence was actually some > overcase clouds. The effect is quite interesting. I'm sure Cory did > not have that in mind. I had thought the panoramic crop was a little > odd for this image until I viewed the uncropped one. I think that the > crop is basically in the right place. It might not have hurt to crop > the sides a bit too. I'm surprised by how great the DOF is. It > really helps here to keep both cars in focus. > > For some reason, my eyes keep wandering to the right as I view this > photo. I'm not sure if it is anticipation of the cars moving off to > the right or some inbalance in the image. It does have a *dark* > feeling to it overall. Seems like an overcast day or maybe early > evening. I like the headlights begin on, but not overpowering. > Catching the cars through this section seems like a tricky task. I'm > curious whether you used AF or pre-focused. > > Cory, a very likable shot > <SNIP> > Bruce Dayton - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
