Thanks, Paul. Mine was a long ago "studio" set up with a black background (obviously) and sunlight hitting it through a south facing window. Used an M-50mm f/1.4, with a portrait filter, mounted on an ME Super. Still have both the ME Super and a Super Program. We went a lot of places together.
Jack --- On Mon, 6/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Success! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 7:07 AM > Great shot, Jack. Gives me something to aspire to. > Light on my shot was mostly flash, through the lightsphere. > It had gotten cloudy and dark by the time I got around to > shooting the poppy. You can see it's starting to close, > whereas your poppy is wide open. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Congratulation! You're the proud parent of at > least one beautiful golden > > California Poppy. ;) > > Ideal exposure appears to have been made out of the > direct sun and, perhaps, in > > "portrait" mode.(?) > > All that remains of this past spring's local crop > are their weed like > > blossom-less stems. They're considered perennial, > but are very unpredictable as > > to their numbers. > > Thanks, Paul, for giving me an excuse to post "My > Poppy". :)) > > > > Jack > > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=313 > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 6/22/08, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: PESO: Success! > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 8:38 PM > > > I doubt that anyone remembers, but early this > spring I asked > > > about > > > wild California poppies and whether or not they > could be > > > cultivated > > > here in the midwest. My best friend, who lives in > Santa > > > Barbara, had > > > given me some seeds, and I was determined to grow > some > > > flowers. Well, > > > my California Poppies are blooming-- several > months later > > > than they > > > bloom out there on the coast. But they're > looking good. > > > I shot a pic > > > of one with the K20D, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro, > the 540 > > > flash and the > > > lightsphere in dome up mode. Not a great pic, but > it does > > > confirm > > > that I have indeed grown a wild California Poppy > way back > > > here in > > > Michigan. > > > Paul > > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7441564 > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow > > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
