Could be my monitor, but seem to recall a like observation made by a Lister awhile back in response to a similar earlier shot. Also, a general comment was made about the K-5's tendency to produce low contrast images. Can't, however, see why that would be a problem, especially when shooting in RAW.
Jack --- On Mon, 12/20/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO - coffee shop portrait > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 6:20 PM > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Especially well composed for a lap shot. Of course it > may have experienced some cropping.(?) Have to say I > see it as a bit flat and thin, Paul. Maybe a better > description is, slightly washed out. > > > > I would guess that's your monitor. It's anything but flat > on my calibrated monitor. Don't remember if I cropped it. If > I did, it was minimal. > Paul > > > Jack > > > > --- On Mon, 12/20/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > >> Subject: PESO - coffee shop portrait > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 5:28 PM > >> I really wanted to shoot this lady > >> because she was very expressive. But she was quite > close and > >> I was in her field of vision. And of course, if > she knew I > >> was shooting her that would destroy the moment. So > I shot > >> her using live view with the camera in my lap. The > K-5 live > >> view autofocus is a huge improvement over that of > the k-7. > >> It's very useful. This pic is at ISO 1600, f4, > 1.250th, > >> 60mm, the lens was the DA* 60-250. Shot this past > Saturday. > >> Mostly window light from a wide expanse of windows > on a > >> cloudy day. That's my favorite lighting setup for > this > >> venue. > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12112198 > >> -- > >> 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.
