Larry, 1. Regarding the glare, - I remember reading somewhere (maybe even from a source posted here, on PDML) an advaice that with DSLRs the sunshades should be used at [almost] all times. I don't remember the reasoning, however. In any case, the newer lenses are designed (or coated?) to reduce the flare that can be produced due to high reflectance of the matrix. I am not sure if that might be the culprit here. Obviously, A*200 does not have that in its design/coating.
2. I like several photos from this set (mostly portraits and group photos). I don't care much for the trombone one - it might be somewhat mesmerizing but it is too mechanistic for me personally. I hope you don't mind me sharing my rather critical view on some of other photos below. Continuing the idea that I mentioned to you in response to the book photos, - I would leave out these photos: 20120617-LRC51609.jpg 20120617-LRC51549.jpg and probably (it's close to the border-line here) 20120617-LRC51548.jpg . For the first two, I don't appreciate the composition, for the last one, - the combination: composition (which can be fixed partially, - by cropping), and a combination of the facial expression with the grain. The composition/crop of 20120616-LRC51257.jpg is not my favorite either. 3. After glancing over the set first time, I thought that you can use a mix of B&W and color on one of the shots... (I even pulled mine as an example: http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/camphollywood-2007/Artsy/index.html - sorry, it requires flash plugin) And then I found that you did that in the first photo, 20120616-LRC51164.jpg 4. Speaking of that first photo, - even though it is interesting for the reason discussed in 3 above, the composition seems to be rather disjointed. I would consider splitting this photo into two. The right side, cut just to left of the orange light or to the right (or possibly even through the light?) is more interesting. The left one might not stand on its own. Igor On 18/06/2012 3:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > A friend and I went to see a couple of bands at a local club last > night. I managed to get a few decent photos. > > The lighting was a bit challenging. In this shot, rather than trying > to bring it under control, I went the other way and used lightroom's > clarity, vibrance etc. to push it right over the top: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7391897310 > > For them that are interested, here's the rest of the set: > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630171300160/ > > On some of them I tried to tame the lighting in lightroom, in others I > went with it, though not so radically as above. > > Comments, and helpful suggestions, as always, are appreciated. > > I notice that I was having a fair amount of difficulty with flare on > the A*200, even when stage lights weren't in the field of view. I may > need to make something like a lens cap for the sunshade, that has a > rectangle cut out to block anything not in the field of view. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
