Re: PESO: Daffodils in Winter
Could you put some sort of plastic tent over them to protect them when it finally does freeze? I've had to do that with my rose bush a couple of times. Luckily for that, a big plastic garbage bag works just fine. On 12/27/2015 2:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We are having an unusually warm (and wet) winter in the Northeast of the US. My daffodils have already begun to emerge. I only hope that they will not produce so much tender new growth that the bulbs will be damaged but the freeing weather when it comes that the spring blooms will be affected. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18146633&size=lg K-5 IIs, DA 28-135 zoom Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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: PESO: Daffodils in Winter
I certainly hope so. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Daffodils are tough; they can take it. Worst case scenario is freeze burn on > the tops of the leaves. > > Paul via phone > >> On Dec 27, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> We are having an unusually warm (and wet) winter in the Northeast of >> the US. My daffodils have already begun to emerge. I only hope that >> they will not produce so much tender new growth that the bulbs will be >> damaged but the freeing weather when it comes that the spring blooms >> will be affected. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18146633&size=lg >> K-5 IIs, DA 28-135 zoom >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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: PESO: Daffodils in Winter
Daffodils are tough; they can take it. Worst case scenario is freeze burn on the tops of the leaves. Paul via phone > On Dec 27, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > We are having an unusually warm (and wet) winter in the Northeast of > the US. My daffodils have already begun to emerge. I only hope that > they will not produce so much tender new growth that the bulbs will be > damaged but the freeing weather when it comes that the spring blooms > will be affected. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18146633&size=lg > K-5 IIs, DA 28-135 zoom > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > 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.
PESO: Daffodils in Winter
We are having an unusually warm (and wet) winter in the Northeast of the US. My daffodils have already begun to emerge. I only hope that they will not produce so much tender new growth that the bulbs will be damaged but the freeing weather when it comes that the spring blooms will be affected. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18146633&size=lg K-5 IIs, DA 28-135 zoom Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: PESO - daffodils
On Apr 25, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope >> you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, some >> delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, >> punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of >> appealing... >> >>http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg >> >> I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) >> >> > No, no! It looks very nice. Thanks for taking a stab at it. This > kind > of thing reminds me that I have a lot to learn, and that's one of the > reasons I read the list. Glad you like it. I can send you the Photoshop file with all layers intact, if you'd like to see what I did. It's about 4Mbytes in .zip archive format. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
LoL Jack --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're not hurting my feelings by thinking that one of my photos was > Bruce's. Bruce might be a bit peeved, though... > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com/ > > > -- Original message -- > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Woops! I meant Scott (I think) instead of Bruce. > > > > Jack > > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If I may step in ahead of Bruce, I like what you've done Godfrey. > The > > > B&W "theme" plays out well. > > > As I suggested earlier, the leveling of the porch helps. > > > > > > Jack > > > --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > > > > > > ... The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the > > > > > > sloping porch) > > > > > but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll > > > > > probably go > > > > > in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for > looking, > > > > and > > > > > thanks for the replies. > > > > > > > > Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I > hope > > > > > > > you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A > crop, > > > some > > > > > > > > delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and > blur, > > > > > > > punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find > kind of > > > > > > > appealing... > > > > > > > >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg > > > > > > > > I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) > > > > > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
On 4/24/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The lure of the flowers is too strong! They're little DSLR magnets. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5057197184448144050 > > Any and all critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. > I agree with those who say that the background is somewhat overpowering. Maybe if it were a bit more OOF? Maybe not... I don't know. Not a bad shot, anyway. 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
Re: PESO - daffodils
You're not hurting my feelings by thinking that one of my photos was Bruce's. Bruce might be a bit peeved, though... -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com/ -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Woops! I meant Scott (I think) instead of Bruce. > > Jack > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I may step in ahead of Bruce, I like what you've done Godfrey. The > > B&W "theme" plays out well. > > As I suggested earlier, the leveling of the porch helps. > > > > Jack > > --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > > > > ... The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the > > > > sloping porch) > > > > but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll > > > > probably go > > > > in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for looking, > > > and > > > > thanks for the replies. > > > > > > Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope > > > > > you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, > > some > > > > > > delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, > > > > > punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of > > > > > appealing... > > > > > >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg > > > > > > I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) > > > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
Woops! I meant Scott (I think) instead of Bruce. Jack --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I may step in ahead of Bruce, I like what you've done Godfrey. The > B&W "theme" plays out well. > As I suggested earlier, the leveling of the porch helps. > > Jack > --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > > ... The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the > > > sloping porch) > > > but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll > > > probably go > > > in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for looking, > > and > > > thanks for the replies. > > > > Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope > > > you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, > some > > > > delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, > > > punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of > > > appealing... > > > >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg > > > > I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) > > > > Godfrey > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
If I may step in ahead of Bruce, I like what you've done Godfrey. The B&W "theme" plays out well. As I suggested earlier, the leveling of the porch helps. Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > ... The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the > > sloping porch) > > but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll > > probably go > > in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for looking, > and > > thanks for the replies. > > Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope > you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, some > > delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, > punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of > appealing... > >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg > > I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope > you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, some > delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, > punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of > appealing... > >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg > > I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) > > No, no! It looks very nice. Thanks for taking a stab at it. This kind of thing reminds me that I have a lot to learn, and that's one of the reasons I read the list. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:55 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > ... The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the > sloping porch) > but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll > probably go > in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for looking, and > thanks for the replies. Since I'm experimenting with some ideas in Photoshop today, I hope you don't mind a bit of mashing about on your photo too. A crop, some delicate rendering of tonal scale, addition of both noise and blur, punching around with a vignette produced this, which I find kind of appealing... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/IMGP0411-g.jpg I'll remove it if you want it gone, of course. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
In a message dated 4/24/2007 8:22:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The lure of the flowers is too strong! They're little DSLR magnets. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5057197184448144050 Any and all critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. I find the out of focus front flower distracting. The general rule for flowers is the one in front should be in focus (certainly that "rule" can be broken, I have broke it :-)). You picked the center flower, which is also good. But, in this case, I think it would work better if both the front and center flower were in focus. HTH, Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
Bruce Dayton wrote: > Hello Scott, > > Daffodils are pretty cool flowers to shoot. The background > latticework and porch posts are too overpowering in this instance. > Perhaps colorizing just the flowers would give it a needed separation. > As it stands, the dark/light patterns of the background really compete > for my attention. > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I think this one would work better in color, or with a much different > B&W tonal rendering. They seem sort of flat, the background competes > for attention. > > Godfrey > Jack Davis wrote: > Nice, Scott. > I'd have to eliminate the distraction of the sloping porch. But then, > I'm easily distracted. ;) > > Jack Thanks for all the replies. I sat there for a few minutes waiting for the breeze to die and ended up with one underexposed photograph. The white daffs and the white porch didn't work all that well in color, either. After tinkering around with the black and white conversion and not having much luck, I finally applied a blue filter. This provided more separation between the flowers and the porch than anything else. It also brought out the noise. If you click on the magnifying glass near the top right of the photo you can see that I over sharpened it, too. The composition was initially appealing (I don't mind the sloping porch) but there's just too much else that's wrong with it. It'll probably go in the circular file sooner or later. Thanks again for looking, and thanks for the replies. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
On Apr 24, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/ > photo#5057197184448144050 I think this one would work better in color, or with a much different B&W tonal rendering. They seem sort of flat, the background competes for attention. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
Nice, Scott. I'd have to eliminate the distraction of the sloping porch. But then, I'm easily distracted. ;) Jack --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The lure of the flowers is too strong! They're little DSLR magnets. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5057197184448144050 > > Any and all critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - daffodils
Hello Scott, Daffodils are pretty cool flowers to shoot. The background latticework and porch posts are too overpowering in this instance. Perhaps colorizing just the flowers would give it a needed separation. As it stands, the dark/light patterns of the background really compete for my attention. -- Bruce Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 8:12:38 PM, you wrote: SL> The lure of the flowers is too strong! They're little DSLR magnets. SL> http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5057197184448144050 SL> Any and all critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. SL> -- SL> Scott Loveless SL> www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - daffodils
The lure of the flowers is too strong! They're little DSLR magnets. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5057197184448144050 Any and all critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Daffodils
> When one gets a fisheye, it must be used!! (I just used mine > for "non-traditional" fisheye shots this past weekend ). Yep. I'm really having fun finding out what this lens can do. It's capable of a lot more than just demonstrating the fisheye effect. :) > I like this one. The OOF bits of the main subject don't > bother me at all. In fact I think they're kinda cool. Thanks! Amita
Re: PESO: Daffodils
When you crop a fisheye shot to APS size it's not really a fisheye anymore, though the Pentax 17mm f4 shows a good deal more distortion than the Sigma Amita used IIRC. frank theriault wrote: On 4/11/05, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The daffodils are in bloom finally! http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/478517 Amita When one gets a fisheye, it must be used!! (I just used mine for "non-traditional" fisheye shots this past weekend ). I like this one. The OOF bits of the main subject don't bother me at all. In fact I think they're kinda cool. Had you not mentioned it was a fisheye I'd have never known. Nice shot! cheers, frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: PESO: Daffodils
On 4/11/05, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The daffodils are in bloom finally! > http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/478517 > > Amita When one gets a fisheye, it must be used!! (I just used mine for "non-traditional" fisheye shots this past weekend ). I like this one. The OOF bits of the main subject don't bother me at all. In fact I think they're kinda cool. Had you not mentioned it was a fisheye I'd have never known. Nice shot! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: RE: PESO: Daffodils
> > From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/13 Wed AM 11:20:56 GMT > To: > Subject: RE: PESO: Daffodils > > > I've never considered shooting daffodils with a fisheye - > > dandelions, yes, but not daffodils. > > > > Exposure looks good, but the DOF seems just too shallow. At > > least having the entire main flower in focus would improve > > the shot for me. I am a bit surprised with how shallow the > > DOF is. You must have been very close. > > > > This is certainly something that I would explore some more. > > Thanks for the feedback, Bruce! Yes, I was pretty close to the flower. I'll > try increasing the DOF the next time I try a shot like that. I very rarely shoot my 16mm at less than f8. I can go down to 1/4sec without camera shake getting too obnoxious quite easily. mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
RE: PESO: Daffodils
> I've never considered shooting daffodils with a fisheye - > dandelions, yes, but not daffodils. > > Exposure looks good, but the DOF seems just too shallow. At > least having the entire main flower in focus would improve > the shot for me. I am a bit surprised with how shallow the > DOF is. You must have been very close. > > This is certainly something that I would explore some more. Thanks for the feedback, Bruce! Yes, I was pretty close to the flower. I'll try increasing the DOF the next time I try a shot like that. Amita
Re: PESO: Daffodils
I've never considered shooting daffodils with a fisheye - dandelions, yes, but not daffodils. Exposure looks good, but the DOF seems just too shallow. At least having the entire main flower in focus would improve the shot for me. I am a bit surprised with how shallow the DOF is. You must have been very close. This is certainly something that I would explore some more. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 11, 2005, 5:05:22 PM, you wrote: AG> The daffodils are in bloom finally! AG> http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/478517 AG> Amita
PESO: Daffodils
The daffodils are in bloom finally! http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/478517 Amita
