Your comments are appreciated, but no lack of contrast with this pic. The earlier photo you're referring to was somewhat flat because it was direct window light. More evenly lit than flat actually, but each to their own. On the other hand, this shot has plenty of shadow -- on the right cheek, under the chin, and every wrinkle in her face is pretty hard edged. The black values are right around 5 on the histogram and the highlights are around 250. Any more contrast, and it would be out of the box. Paul On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:14 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
