On 11-02-07 7:25 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
I thought I'd take the Pentaxes out after a little overnight snowfall
and risk drawing the ire of those who have seen quite enough snow for
the year thank-you-very-much.
I fumbled the focusing on the K 50/1.4 on quite a few of the shots I
took, unfortunately. It's going to take some practice, obviously.
But, I do love the lens and am really, really looking forward to
getting to know it better.
I just figured I ought to post something since I've been away from the
group for a while. Before you click, though, be warned: *Images
contain vignetting.*
Any thoughts, criticisms, or lavish gifts will be much appreciated.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157625874952441/
I also took the K1000 and my 135/2.5 out with some Kodak Plus-X 125
and filled a roll. I hope to get them developed soon and will scan
the negatives afterward. I'll share those with the group if any of
them come out worth a tinker's damn.
Thanks in advance for looking!
-- Walt
Nice ones, Walt. I especially like barn-front (5426125455) and that
curious dog (5426727734).
Tech issue: in the doggy shot I'm seeing artifacts of the sort caused by
curves adjustments on 8-bit images; stuff like stair-step transitions in
all-white scenes where the pixels are up in the 240-254 range. Look at
the snow behind the dog toward the top of the image.
And I wonder if your exposure was maybe a bit too hot in the barn shot.
Did you take a look at the histogram in PS when you were editing that
one? It's got a look I see in my own images when the whites have clipped
(too close to 255) and then vignetting is applied. You tend to get a
kind of dirty grey look in those areas.
Shooting stuff in snow is really tricky -- quite the balancing act. This
is one area where shooting raw *really* pays off, with more dynamic
range and headroom.
-bmw
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