Interesting photos in terms of content, but most would benefit greatly from a levels adjustment that set black point and white point and reshaped the midrange curve. A simple process in photoshop. Paul
> On Apr 1, 2019, at 2:40 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I made a small gallery in Flickr. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/albums/72157706283448271 > > I've added a few more photos to the album, including one that shows both > parents perched above the nest. > > I dug out my "Bigma". I've always been slightly disappointed in it. It seemed > just a tad too soft last time I used it (with the K20D - never tried it with > the K-3), but it worked well enough this time. Image quality is acceptable. > > My lust for a SMC Pentax-F 600 f/4 or SMC Pentax-FA 600 f/4 has been > rekindled if anyone has one for sale and is willing to take American > Express**. > > Looks like I need to review a tutorial on color grading to get all the images > to have the the same quality. After I've done that, I'll probably replace the > images in the album. > > This has been a fairly cool experience. The nest is less than seven miles > from my house, so it's been easy to get to since I figured out where to park. > > And it's been the most visible nest of all the ones I know about around area > lakes. I'm not having to point the camera up too much to get a good image. > But the best part has been all the other people I've met while out there to > photograph the nest. > > ** Looks like American Express will work with PayPal. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.

