Beautiful! Spring flowers are special. Paul via phone
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Bob. With the hepatica - its funny how forgetting to bring the tripod > forced me to do some different things. I hope to have a few more keepers from > yesterday's session - though the success rate with the hand held image stacks > is not high. > > Thanks for looking at the re-do of the leaves as well - once I got started > printing it, I could see that it needed more work but am happy with the > result. > > Mark > >> On 4/7/2015 10:30 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> Mark, >> >> The blue hepatica is wonderful. >> I love the blue pedals in the blossom. >> I appreciate the sharpness overall and in the central core. >> And the little hairs on the stem and green parts - only with stacking! >> >> The leaves image looks very natural and not processed. >> You went a long way for this, but the result is worth it. >> It's always nice to look at your images. >> I always learn things. >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> >>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> A simple blue hepatica - >>> >>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/simple-blue-hepatica >>> >>> Scouting for spring wildflowers today I was surprised to see a good number >>> of hepatica out already. I forgot that I took the tripod out of the car >>> (that is where I keep it) when I was loading up with stuff to donate to Good >>> Will last week, so I shot hand held / TAV mode / open aperture with a plan >>> to stack focus. Laid down on the ground in the woods - its been a dry spring >>> so I was not wallowing in mud, just resting in clean leaves, pine needles >>> and (probably) animal poop. (I saw a lot of animal poop in the snow there a >>> few weeks ago). No snacking on the way home. >>> >>> This is the first stack that worked - 9 images. I have a lot of material to >>> work through. >>> >>> Comments appreciated. >>> >>> Another recent image: >>> >>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/muddy-march-leaves-final-cut >>> >>> The final edit of the "muddy march leaves" photo from a few weeks ago. Much >>> better IMO. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> --- >>> 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. > > > --- > 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.

