ZOWIE. WHAT an image!

A*300mmf/2.8 ? I was previously unaware of this beast. Crikey.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will do that, Paul. Appreciate your critique!
>
> J
>
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> From: "paul stenquist" <[email protected]>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:59:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Peso-November Moon
>
> I had considered mentioning that you might minus the green a bit. Not a bad 
> suggestion here. But I love the photo.
>
> Paul
>
>
>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> It's quite pronounced on my monitor. Looks like pea soup actually.
>>
>> I eye-droppered the sky (averaged pixels) in Ps and I get:
>>
>> red: 108
>> green: 97
>> blue: 46
>>
>> The cast on the white of the bird's wings is even more pronounced.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> No, I see no
>>> greenish cast! Hmmm?
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 3:57 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm - thecolor on my monitor has a greenish cast..
>>>>
>>>> ann
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/15/2015 4:44 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>>>> Thanks much, Ann!!
>>>>> I liked the overall tone from the beginning as I perceived it 
>>>>> accommodating a dusk sunset after glow.(?)
>>>>> I just looked at the slide and for what it's worth, the
>>>>> color "appears" to match the print.
>>>>>
>>>>> J :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:21 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jack - that's terrific -  I do remember the winding back with the LX but 
>>>>>> never , as I recall, managed to make somethin glike this work.
>>>>>> I hvae one nit.. which is totally personal- thecolorcast overall - 
>>>>>> except for the moon, which is pleasing at that color.. easy enough
>>>>>> to adjust with sliders in photoshop if you are soinclined... wondering 
>>>>>> if the color is just what happened when you scanned for the web.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Larry -
>>>>>> "the technology available at the time"?! never had an LX, huh?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ann
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/15/2015 3:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>>>>>> Excellent job,
>>>>>> ***particularly with the technology available at the time.**
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MARK!!
>>>>>>> Jack Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>> This shot in Nov. 2002. LX with A*300mmf/2.8. Shot the moon (a few 
>>>>>>>> times from our back patio) using a 1.4L Pentax T/C and tobacco colored 
>>>>>>>> filter.
>>>>>>>> As many of you will remember. the LX would allow you to rewind the 
>>>>>>>> film to a desired frame. I did so and went to Gray Lodge
>>>>>>>> Refuge the next day with designs on a flock of rising Snow Geese.
>>>>>>>> I removed the filter and T/C and fairly quickly rolled up on a good 
>>>>>>>> flock of Snow Geese. As was usually the case, it took some
>>>>>>>> waiting 'til the signal went out to the geese to lift off. Their calls 
>>>>>>>> as they take flight always give me chills.
>>>>>>>> I had reset the exposure to what I guessed would under expose the 
>>>>>>>> scene a couple stops.
>>>>>>>> I went home with a hope of "maybe" having gotten what I'd gone after.
>>>>>>>> I consider the background a happy accident.
>>>>>>>> I found that I'd failed to rewind the film quite enough, but stuck 
>>>>>>>> with it realizing it would not work as an 8X12.
>>>>>>>> I was more than pleased with the exposures and came to a reluctant 
>>>>>>>> appreciation of the 8X10.
>>>>>>>> Have sold a number to locals, one just recently, and keep a couple 
>>>>>>>> largish copies on continuous display.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C&C?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> J
>>>>>>>>
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