On Mar 2, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > That is a beautiful shot, George! The lighting and textures, in particular, > are great.
I agree. That is exactly why I tend to bracket photos in awkward lighting, for when I get around to learning and using HDR, in the hopes of results exactly like this. Your post also reminds me that it's time to start thinking about what I want to do about my garden. > > Rick > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Sinos <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 4:17 PM > Subject: PESO - Spring is on the Way > > It's getting warmer. The weather forecast is calling for temps in the > mid-60's in the next few days. One of my neighbors is already working > in his yard cleaning up the winter mess. It won't be long before > people will be out in their gardens planting things like these onions > I found in a roadside stand a few years ago. > > This is another old photo that I've reworked Photomatix. A lot of the > produce was in a tent, shaded from the direct sunlight. A few of the > onions were lit by a little sliver of sunlight peeking through a hole > in the tent. The contrast between the shadows and the highlights was > just to high. I had bracketed the shot, but none of the individual > shots captured what I saw. Just a very light treatment with Photomatix > brought out the details in the shadows. > > <http://georges.posterous.com/spring-is-on-the-way-97108> > > I've never been a big fan of the extreme HDR that has been so popular > for a while, but used sparingly, I think it may end up being a tool > that can be very useful. > > GS > > George Sinos > -------------------- > [email protected] > www.georgesphotos.net > plus.georgesinos.com > > -- > 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.
