I tried a quick fix in PSE: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16940914
I think it brings our her features and her soft persona a bit better, but it could still use some more work. Yes, the Canadians we meet here are polite to a fault. (One popular tee shirt this year bears the legend "Maui, eh?" Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:55 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I hear you about the background. I guess fill flash would have been the > answer then. > > Have fun with the Canadians. We're mostly polite anyway... > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > Sent: February 17, 2013 2/17/13 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Flower Girl > > Thanks, Frank. I appreciate your comments. > > Actually, I was using .7 compensation, but it wasn't enough. Had I > used more, however,I probably would have blown out the background > completely. She was in the open shade, and the bright tropical > sunshine in the background at midday was almost blinding. But, hey, > that is one of the things one must suffer here in paradise. When I > have more time, I try to improve the image in PS. Too much to do here > right now, with the whales cavorting off shore and the consistently > great weather i the rain shadow of a 10,000 foot volcano. <G> > > By the way, here is South Maui I am surrounded by Canadians, Mostly > from BC and Alberta, but also from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Yukon > and even New Brunswick. Air Canada, Alaskan and Hawaiian airlines all > have reasonable direct flight from the major cities of Western Canada, > the Canadian (particularly in the Western Provinces) economy appears > stronger now that that of the US, and of course the weather in Western > Canada is a bit chilly that time of year. As a result, in the area > where we stay, Canadians far outnumber those from the US. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 1:58 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Very pretty young lady and well captured by you. >> >> She appears a teeny bit dark on my Android screen (so you can take this with >> a grain of salt). Perhaps about +.7 or one stop of exposure compensation >> might have helped, but I guess it's too late for that now. Maybe she could >> be dodged or otherwise brightened a bit in processing? >> >> Worth the effort imho because it's a lovely photo. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> >> Sent: February 17, 2013 2/17/13 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: PESO: Flower Girl >> >> Hostess at the Hana Flower Farm: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16932393&size=md >> Comments are invited. >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> 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. > -- > 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.
