Yes, I think Rick put his finger on it. The exposures are stop-on in a very colorful/difficult environment. Nice work Bruce! Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Bruce Walker<[email protected]> wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: >> >> Very nice, Bruce. I'm impressed with the spot-on exposures against the >> black background, and the almost noise-free renderings. >> >> Rick >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > I really appreciate that, Rick. Thanks! > > My hard drive is littered with the carcasses of hundreds of spoiled and > useless shots from earlier attempts to shoot in poor stage light. Along the > way I've learned the value of doing only spot metering and generally off of > faces, and how to quickly adjust EV comp when a performer in an all-black > outfit appears on stage. :-) > > Also, Adobe Camera Raw in CS4 is a huge win. The noise reduction is greatly > improved, and does a really good job with images from the K20. > > -bmw > > >> >> --- On Sat, 7/25/09, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>> Subject: GESO - Mississauga Future Star 2009 >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 10:00 PM >>> I did a little volunteer work at the >>> end of May for a local arts group by shooting performers >>> competing to become the Mississauga Future Star 2009 at the >>> Clarke Hall in Port Credit, Ontario. This particular event >>> was the second-last round, reducing the field down from 20. >>> >>> Here's a gallery: http://is.gd/1MMv3 >>> Or view as a slideshow: http://is.gd/1MMEc >>> >>> Four of the shots were featured in the Mississauga Arts >>> Council's printed Summer 2009 newsletter. >>> >>> http://www.mississaugaartscouncil.com/ >>> >>> These stage shots were all K20D & DA*50-135, and >>> generally around f:3.2 1/100 sec, ISO 1000. All pp'ed with >>> just ACR. >>> >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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.

