Re: PESO: An old country graveyard
Added an exposure adjustment layer to make the whole scene brighter and masked it with black, then painted in with white on the mask to reveal the brighter image on just the headstones. Had to burn in the inscriptions to keep them legible. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52197461757 You can click back & forth between the two images to compare them. I still like the original better, but might go back to that exposure adjustment layer & tone it down a bit. Try to find a happy medium in between the two images. On 7/6/2022 12:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Thank you. I don't use Lightroom, and I haven't done much Photoshop in the last couple years, so some of my skills are really rusty. I did use layer masks on curves & levels to make the headstones pop & NIK filters to push contrast as far as I could to try and make the headstones more readable. The original RAW file had almost no contrast between the stones & the inscriptions. I'll take another look & see if I can bring the stones up a bit more, and maybe post a substitute if I think I can do better. On 7/6/2022 9:02 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones. One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so. Rick On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449 Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July. My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic. I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her. It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: An old country graveyard
Thank you. I don't use Lightroom, and I haven't done much Photoshop in the last couple years, so some of my skills are really rusty. I did use layer masks on curves & levels to make the headstones pop & NIK filters to push contrast as far as I could to try and make the headstones more readable. The original RAW file had almost no contrast between the stones & the inscriptions. I'll take another look & see if I can bring the stones up a bit more, and maybe post a substitute if I think I can do better. On 7/6/2022 9:02 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones. One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so. Rick On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449 Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July. My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic. I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her. It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: An old country graveyard
I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones. One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so. Rick > On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449 > > Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July. > > My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could > drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic. > > I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her. > > It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made > from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed > the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely. > > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: An old country graveyard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449 Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July. My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic. I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her. It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures Maybe laser etching is dead... It ain't dead yet. Its resting. --- On Sun, 11/22/09, gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/slides/_IGP1500.html The laser etching bit had me confused for a moment until I realized it was the *back* of the headstone. Thanks for sharing. - Pat On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Really liked: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/slides/_IGP1444.html and http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/slides/_IGP1500.html The laser etching bit had me confused for a moment until I realized it was the *back* of the headstone. Thanks for sharing. - Pat On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - More graveyard pictures
From gldnbearz http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/slides/_IGP1500.html The laser etching bit had me confused for a moment until I realized it was the *back* of the headstone. Thanks for the comments Pat. That one was actually at a stone mason's showroom / yard and it shows what's possible with modern techniques. Pretty horrid in my opinion... Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Maybe laser etching is dead... --- On Sun, 11/22/09, gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/slides/_IGP1500.html The laser etching bit had me confused for a moment until I realized it was the *back* of the headstone. Thanks for sharing. - Pat On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Hi Chris: Love the light and composition in the 1st picture. Just lovely. Interesting headstones as well. I've never seen a heart shaped headstone before. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:54 AM Subject: GESO - More graveyard pictures Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - More graveyard pictures
Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. The first one is especially beautiful! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
I like grave yard photos, i do some my self. Good set. Dave On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Those are excellent, Chris. The first and third are my favo(u)rites. I love English churchyards. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
A nice selection of well done images. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net Subject: GESO - More graveyard pictures Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Chris Mitchell wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris good job on these, Chris. I prefer the second, wish it wasn't cut off, but looks like a tree was on the left. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - More graveyard pictures
Excellent! Who knew cemeteries could be so spectacular? I really like numbers 3 and 4, particularly 3 with those foreground leaves. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:54 +, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Following on from Rick's excellent autumnal graveyard shots, here are some more taken on a recent trip to Northumbria via North Yorkshire. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GraveyardShift/ Chris -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Graveyard
I am off to the local graveyard with some models for a night shoot. I will be taking an electric generator and 2 x 400W studio lights. I was thinking to use them with 2-3 stops of difference for effect. Any tips etc for this sort of thing? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
Re: Graveyard
Hi, Kevin, Around here, graveyards close their gates at dusk. Have you permission to be there at night? I'd hate to see you there with models, lights, cameras and all, only to find you can't shoot. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Graveyard Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:20:48 +1000 I am off to the local graveyard with some models for a night shoot. I will be taking an electric generator and 2 x 400W studio lights. I was thinking to use them with 2-3 stops of difference for effect. Any tips etc for this sort of thing? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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On 15/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: am off to the local graveyard with some models for a night shoot. I will be taking an electric generator and 2 x 400W studio lights. I was thinking to use them with 2-3 stops of difference for effect. Any tips etc for this sort of thing? Carry a silver cross, a large mallet and a bunch of wooden stakes. Can't be too careful Good luck on the shoot! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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No tips from here, but I'm sure we'd all like to see the results. Especially around October 31 ;-) William in Utah. - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:20 AM Subject: Graveyard I am off to the local graveyard with some models for a night shoot. I will be taking an electric generator and 2 x 400W studio lights. I was thinking to use them with 2-3 stops of difference for effect. Any tips etc for this sort of thing? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
Re: Graveyard
On Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003, at 11:20 America/New_York, Kevin Waterson wrote: I am off to the local graveyard with some models for a night shoot. ...Any tips etc for this sort of thing? You might need a fog/smoke machine. --jc
Re: Graveyard
Try some backlighting with one of the flashes (strong silhouettes of headstones, etc.). Could be a lot of fun. Hope we can see the results. Pat White
