Thanks (again) Ann, Alan and Bob.. Alan, it seems like decades since I first started noticing workshops advertised in Outdoor Photography etc. Last year I finally took my first one - the same venue/instructors/teaching points as the one I just completed. I made the reservation, then also signed up for a one-day seminar, March 2013, with the same people; no field work, just lecture and questions. I decided that they did have something to say and so I did not request a refund on my workshop deposit. At the first workshop, Aug 2013, I was exposed to many approaches I had heard of but never practiced. I signed up for their fall workshop (same general venue, more focus on landscape than on macro). Thoroughly enjoyed that as well. Went back for my recent Aug 2014 workshop. No regrets.
1. It is great to hear about stuff like focus stacking, then to try it out, get feedback, get assistance as needed, then try it again. 2. Going back for the 2nd August, I was still learning but definitely starting from a much better starting point in terms of my technique. Less fiddling around, more attention to the subjects. 3. A wonderful aspect of the workshop is finding subjects to shoot. With 15 people (including two experienced instructors), it doesn’t take long to spot and mark interesting flowers, insects, spider webs etc. (It doesn’t hurt that the instructors know the area thoroughly; which dewy meadow we go to on a given morning depends on cloud cover, wind speed and direction etc., the choice of location designed to maximize our shooting opportunities.) And part of the instruction is on how to look, where to look. The frogs in my gallery are about the size of my thumbnail; they’ll never be large, but are now barely beyond tadpole stage. Not something I would know to look for on my own. 4. Some in this group have universities or colleges or camera clubs that arrange instruction locally. I would love to have that opportunity as well. As you can tell, I am a proponent for these sort of workshops. If you ever do get the chance, do it! stan On Aug 17, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Many fine images there, Stan. I would love to attend a workshop like that. > The damsel fly (20) seems to be talking to you! > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Stanley Halpin > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:08 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: GESO: Last batch from my UP workshop > > I’ve added 10 more images to the gallery I started while in the U.P. taking > the Gerlach Nature Photography workshop. > > Full gallery is at > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422 > > New additions start at #37 = > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422/h3e014a12#h22eccc61 > > Many of the macro and scenic shots are done using the focus stacking > approach. I haven’t been entirely consistent with my naming conventions, but > if an image file#/name ands with, e.g., s7, then what you are viewing is the > result of stacking 7 images in Helicon Focus. > > [Side note: the new version of Helicon Focus has many annoying interface > “features” (E.g., Why doesn’t it trust me? Why does it insist on asking for > verification on every step? Where the default is to not do anything?). And > weird artifacts sometimes get introduced in the stacking process. But it does > a good job of aligning and compositing most of the time.] > > Once you are in the gallery, clicking on a thumbnail should bring up a > midsize version of that image plus a thumbnail index on the right. Clicking > again on the mid-size image will show a larger version of that shot. When > viewing either the midsize or larger image, the right/left arrows on your > keyboard should allow you to step through the images. > > 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. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.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.
