Thanks to all who looked and commented! (I am swamped with work and other obligations, so, I couldn't respond quickly.)
See my responses to individual comments interspersed below. Igor Wed Feb 19 14:26:29 EST 2014 Bob W-PDML wrote: > The Harry Potter series is starting to get out of hand. HAR! :-) Wed Feb 19 14:38:20 EST 2014 Bruce Walker wrote: > "One down, 1499 to go ..." You counted them all?! ;-) > I like the prominent Do Not Touch sign below her. ;-) The funny thing is that I had not noticed that sign until after we both played with the globe, and then I took the photo, and ... then I noticed. > For direct flash it doesn't look too bad at all, Igor. Exposure is > good. > Did you try bouncing off the ceiling? It's hard to tell how reflective > it was; might have been pretty hopeless. I don't remember if I tried or not. It was a corporate party, so I was limited in just catching what I could without much time for fiddling with the camera. Thu Feb 20 10:35:16 EST 2014 Attila Boros wrote: > I really like the second one, her amazement comes through well. It's a > very nice moment caught, and the light is not so bad. Yes, it was all about catching the moment. Fri Feb 21 13:20:25 EST 2014 knarf wrote: > Love 'em both but the first one is amazing. She's dwarfed by that huge > book case, and I love the colours. Wonderful perspective emphasizes > her small size. That was the idea behind the photograph. I also thought about the contrast of the formal setting with her festive but not as formal appearance. (The more formal clothing was changed due to the water spillage.) > > And the second one is just plain cute as hell. Thanks! Igor > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:31:06 -0500 (EST) > From: Igor Roshchin > > > Bruce's PESO reminded me of a recent shot at Alexander Camp House at > Dallas Arboretum. > "Busy reading": > http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR09403.html > > > And from the same location, the namesake for this message: > http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR09407.html > > ... or "She's got the whole world in her hands"? > ;-) > > > I'm not happy about the highlight from the flash light, > but it's the situation where you don't get a "do over" (or to > set the lighting up for that matter). > > Comments and suggestions are welcome. > > Igor > > -- 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.

