Nice. I like this smile: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5625381526/in/set-72157626511238830 --S
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > I like it! Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: High ISO noise on the K-5 > > >> >> On Apr 17, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> Nice set, Larry. >> >> Thanks. >> >>> I think 5183 has some real potential. The couple's expressions are >>> great. Maybe a bw conversion would work. >> >> I had considered that, but liked the blues in the background. However, >> giving it a try was a great excuse to procrastinate getting back to work on >> my little construction project for a few minutes: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5628839771/in/set-72157626511238830 >> >> the color version >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5624794029/in/set-72157626511238830 >> >> >>> Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 2:32 PM >>> Subject: High ISO noise on the K-5 >>> >>> >>>> There was a live band at the weekly blues dance last night. For various >>>> reasons I decided not to shoot with flash, but just go with available >>>> light. >>>> The musicians would nod their heads fast enough that I kept having to boost >>>> the ISO to get a fast enough shutter speed, and ended up shooting at ISO >>>> 20,00. The thing that impresses me the most isn't the lack of noise, but >>>> the >>>> quality of the noise. >>>> >>>> With my K20 the noise was mostly blue, which just looked bad. With the >>>> K-5 even when the noise is really obvious, it looks almost like one of >>>> those >>>> paintings that are done with making little dots. Stippling? >>>> Impressionistic? >>>> >>>> Mind you, for ISO 20,000, the noise is pretty freaking amazing. The >>>> thing that I notice more than the noise in some shots is the dynamic range, >>>> when there are bright lights in the background, posterization abounds. In >>>> some cases I get this weird halo effect around the people, I suspect that >>>> it >>>> might have something to do with the out of focus blur bringing the bright >>>> lights in the background out of clipping and into color. >>>> >>>> pictures at: >>>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626511238830/ >>>> or: >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626511238830/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.

