Re: PESO: Frond
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 >> Comments are invited. Looks great to me! Seems to be missing something, though [...] I know, it needs a rubber ducky. I might consider reducing shutter speed and aperture for greater DOF, mainly because of the slightly softened water drop mid-bottom-left (particularly if you want a larger print size). > This is an interesting one, Dan. While the graphic elements please me, > I find the busy background too jarring. Competes with the foreground. > I think the colour scheme is disharmonious -- that may be what's > bugging me. For fans of a certain TV show: purple! green! PURPLE! GREEN! I kinda see what you mean, but that's not my reaction, and to the extent that I do share your reaction, it's reduced when I view the larger image (which foregrounds the frond more). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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: Frond
Thanks, Don. At your suggestion, I rotated the image 90 degrees. I still like the landscape orientation better; it looks too much like a little tree. Perhaps my problem is that when I found the fern, the frond was in landscape orientation, and I remember it that way. Also, in response to Bruce's comments, I tried to tone done the background colors a bit. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > Feeling a little green ( with envy) after viewing. I did keep turning my > head. Did you try this in portrait mode? > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:06:35 -0400 >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: PESO: Frond >> Message-ID: >> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 >> 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.
Re: PESO: Frond
Feeling a little green ( with envy) after viewing. I did keep turning my head. Did you try this in portrait mode? pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:06:35 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Frond Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 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: Frond
If you're going to be "cheating", go ahead and bring your own "rain" - take along a spray bottle of water/glycerin mix and create your own raindrops. On 7/22/2013 9:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks for your comments, Bruce. My reaction was similar. Through my view finder, I saw only the patterns of the frond's "leaves," the texture of the main subject, and the water droplets. The background did not register at the time, and it came as a surprise when it jumped out at me on my computer screen. The background is what it is. I took a few other shots of that fern, and some had much better backgrounds, but the frond did not look the way that I wanted. Perhaps I will go back there after the next rain, and try again. I may even resort to cheating, and bring my own background to place under the frond. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: This is an interesting one, Dan. While the graphic elements please me, I find the busy background too jarring. Competes with the foreground. I think the colour scheme is disharmonious -- that may be what's bugging me. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola PS: "raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens" works out just fine, but raindrops on kittens just seems to piss 'em off. -- 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: Frond
Thanks, Gerrit. As mentioned in my reply to Bruce's post, I am considering going back and reshooting it. I will also look at the reorientation you suggest. It is an interesting thought. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Gerrit Visser wrote: > I love the waxy look and the drops hanging on. > Would this work better vertically? > > Gerrit > > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:07 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Frond > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 > 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: Frond
Thanks for your comments, Bruce. My reaction was similar. Through my view finder, I saw only the patterns of the frond's "leaves," the texture of the main subject, and the water droplets. The background did not register at the time, and it came as a surprise when it jumped out at me on my computer screen. The background is what it is. I took a few other shots of that fern, and some had much better backgrounds, but the frond did not look the way that I wanted. Perhaps I will go back there after the next rain, and try again. I may even resort to cheating, and bring my own background to place under the frond. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > This is an interesting one, Dan. While the graphic elements please me, > I find the busy background too jarring. Competes with the foreground. > I think the colour scheme is disharmonious -- that may be what's > bugging me. > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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: Frond
I love the waxy look and the drops hanging on. Would this work better vertically? Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Frond http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 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.
Re: PESO: Frond
This is an interesting one, Dan. While the graphic elements please me, I find the busy background too jarring. Competes with the foreground. I think the colour scheme is disharmonious -- that may be what's bugging me. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
