On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just printed out my first 13" x 19" BW on Ultra Premium Matte. Yee Ha!!! If > I do say so myself, it looks so cool. This printing is so much fun. Here's > the photo: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8080119&size=lg > > For the past couple of months, I've been photographing the construction that > is taking place at my work. We're getting a 6-7 story indoor parking > building and a beautiful new student services building. The architectural > renderings are now on exhibit in the lobby of our main campus building & > about 15 of my BWs will also be on exhibit as soon as the framing is done. > During the next 18 months, we'll be rotating photos that tell the story and > progression of the construction. > > I have full access to the construction site and have my own hard hat, which > I must obviously wear. I had to read a safety manual & have to follow the > safety rules. When I can shoot, I call down, and a young (and usually cute > :-)) assistant foreman lets me on site, then escorts me around. He usually > says things like, "Christine, watch out for that boulder ahead of you," > (like when I'm walking & have my nose behind the camera) or I have him > explain to me what it is I'm seeing, since I know absolutely nothing about > construction, though I am learning, and it's very interesting. I've always > admired what man can build. > > I'm using the K20D with the DA 16-45mm. Since the DA is F4, I put it on the > K20, since that camera has really good High ISO quality if I need it. The > DA* 50-135mm is on the K10D, but today, when I shot the crusher grinding up > huge boulders, I put the DA* on the K20D. I didn't feel like doing any wide > angle shots. Anyway, I just felt like letting a Yee Ha loose :-). Thanks > for listening, if you, in fact, did ;-). > > Cheers, Christine > >
That's very cool, Christine. I've only had a couple of digital prints done, and I don't think any larger than 11x14. It's something I miss from film days, getting back prints from the lab. That's a lovely photo - it must look glorious all blowed up! ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
