I think 5 & 6 are the more interesting ones of the set, so your experiment worked. Cheers, Christine
On Jul 5, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Thanks Mark, Frank. > Fireworks is one of those things that we seem to be compelled to photograph, > and I would feel uneasy watching a fireworks display without camera in hand. > But, truth be told, I have gotten quite bored with the same old same old > displays, and I have gotten bored with photographs of those same old > sparkling lights. I think Dave Parson's image reflects the same feeling. This > year I was looking for something different, and #'s 5 and 6 in the set (I > added one more image) come closest to what I was after. I.e., not a > photograph of a fireworks display, but a representation of chaotic light and > darkness. Even the two starbursts that you like, Frank, I chose because they > are distorted and somewhat enigmatic referents for "star bursts" in general. > BTW, the added image #6 has been cropped and minor clarity-incrase, > sharpening, and noise-reduction operations performed. > > stan > > On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Lovely, Stan. >> >> I especially like the starbursts (#3 & 4). >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> >> Sent: July 5, 2012 7/5/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: GESO: a few fireworks >> >> Du'oh. And here's the link: >> http://smhalpin.posterous.com/fireworks-from-afar >> >> (In my defense, I would like to note that I just walked 18 holes of golf in >> 98°F temps. My brain is fried.) >> >> stan >> >> On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> >>> Five selections from last night's local show (which was about 2 miles >>> distant). Shot in DNG, exported as JPEGs from LR4.1 with no intervening >>> processing. No cropping, no color adjustments, no sharpening, nada. >>> K20D with DA*60-250, mostly at 225-250. >>> >>> stan > > > -- > 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.
