I commented that I gathered it was your intention to go for the high contrast image. In many cases I too like deep blacks, but have to be careful not to blow out the highs. You did it the way you like it and that's great, Cristine.
Jack --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO an amazing experience > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 7:26 PM > Thanks, Joe M., Jack, Dave B., Bob W., Walt, and Paul. Your > kind remarks are very much appreciated--and: > > Jack: The 1st candid I set to strong contrast in > Lightroom, but the others were mostly medium and 1 linear. > Jamie is linear, I believe; Jamie's portrait is actually > my fav of the bunch. I do like to up the blacks quite a > bit because when printing on the Epson Velvet paper I just > love the deep blacks it produces. I've printed all four > shots and I really like the way they look. I'm giving > the prints to the Barrowmans for Christmas, though I can > imagine not being able to wait & giving them to them > sooner :-). But, in general, yes, I like a stronger > contrast. When printing on Epson's Ultra premium matte > paper, I actually like a warmer tone but strong contrast as > well; I don't like how the neutral looks on this paper, > but the warmer tone looks nice to my eye. For the > construction project, I'm using the Epson Ultra Prem. > Matte with the warm tone & it looks decent. > > Walt: A great idea. I should definitely make this a > project. Thanks for suggesting it. > > Thanks again everyone. Gosh I'm tired. I'm going > to bed. > Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "PN Stenquist" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:49 PM > Subject: Re: PESO an amazing experience > > > > Superb work. I think you've found your calling. > Seriously. Nicely done. > > Paul > > On Nov 9, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > > >> Hi Everyone: > >> > >> I had an amazing experience yesterday at my > friends, the Barrowmans: For about 20-30 minutes I followed > the Barrowman family around their house with my camera. I > have always wondered if I'd like doing that sort of > thing, and I discovered I do. I've never really done > this sort of thing before, and I can now imagine that > I'd like to try it again. > >> > >> Here are 4 shots of Belinda, Jamie, and little > Jimmy Barrowman. > >> > >> K20D, long DA* lens, high ISOs, Lightroom > rendering. Also of note, I again tried the adjustment > brush to do some burning (lamp light next to little Jimmy) > & dodging (hint of dodging on Belinda's face in the > shot where she's on the phone), as well as the skin > softener. I think I'm really starting to like this > tool. > >> > >> > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=874995 > >> > >> Comments/critique welcome. > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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.
