I've lost two cameras to dunking: an Olympus Stylus in a canoe capsize, and a PZ-1P (with 24-90 and 80-320) when I fell on a slippery pier. Makes me nervous, but I love shooting around water.
I may try some sort of "spot treatment" for the rocks when I get home. Thanks for the suggestions. Rick --- On Sat, 8/16/08, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Out in a canoe? No problem, surely. Isn't the K10D > weatherproof?.... > > I see what you mean about those rocks - they do tend to > scream "look at > me". > > You could tone them down using a levels (or curves) > adjustment layer to > darken them and then apply a mask to isolate just the > rocks. However, > the summits of the rocks still glow so you might need to > clone some of > the texture of the lower parts of the rocks to their > summits to reduce > this. > > I think I prefer the colour version - it shows more > variation in texture > in the foliage. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:04:12 -0700 (PDT), "Rick > Womer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I daringly took my camera and a few lenses out in the > canoe yesterday. > > Not far from where we are staying is this old > boathouse: > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680612&size=lg > > > > Those are not "Velvia greens"; it has rained > so much in New England that > > things are very lush. > > > > Just for jollies I tried a B&W conversion: > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680613&size=lg > > > > Those two rocks in the foreground are a problem; they > are granite, and > > even in overcast they almost glow. No amount of > diddling with curves and > > whatnot would tame them. > > > > K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 280, f/4.5 @ 1/125, RAW via LR. > > > > Rick > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent > email service? > > > -- > 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.
