Re: PESO: Rain Garden
I like that very much, John. Cheers, Christine On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a big fan of planned shoots, so I really appreciate how much went into this, John. I really like the subject matter, and I'd say you got the rain effect you were hoping for. But I feel that the lightening vignette works against this image. And I'd like to see more contrast in the image overall--seems to be a tad too undefined. Sorry to hear about sensor issues with your K20. I wonder what Pentax would charge to fix these now? Maybe cheaper to buy a neglected one from a PDMLer? On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:55 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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: Rain Garden
Quite an effort, John. Hope your K20 dries out and the pixel issues go away. Successful shot! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 9:55 PM Subject: PESO: Rain Garden I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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: Rain Garden
John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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: Rain Garden
I'm a big fan of planned shoots, so I really appreciate how much went into this, John. I really like the subject matter, and I'd say you got the rain effect you were hoping for. But I feel that the lightening vignette works against this image. And I'd like to see more contrast in the image overall--seems to be a tad too undefined. Sorry to hear about sensor issues with your K20. I wonder what Pentax would charge to fix these now? Maybe cheaper to buy a neglected one from a PDMLer? On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:55 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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.
Re: PESO: Rain Garden
John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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. -- -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.
Re: PESO: Rain Garden
Bruce, Do John and Frank share the WIALDD model. She must be getting lots of Frequent Flyier miles. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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. -- -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: Rain Garden
From: Jack Davis Quite an effort, John. Hope your K20 dries out and the pixel issues go away. Successful shot! Thanks. The K20, fortunately, never got appreciably wet. I carried it on the tripod with a 1 gallon zip-lock bag over it didn't take the bag off until I had it all set up was standing there with the umbrella. I only got distracted once and forgot to hold the umbrella over it. At that point the rain was no more than a light sprinkle. The pixel issue is unrelated I think. I'd already noticed it before I went out yesterday. I'm going to have to look up the procedure for mapping hot pixels in the manual. -- 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: Rain Garden
From: Bob Sullivan John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. Thanks. I need to go back and work the scene some more. I wasn't quite prepared when the opportunity came up yesterday. I have another point of view in mind. There's a small bridge just behind the bamboo, and I want to frame the scene so it leads you into it. Yesterday I couldn't include it without the handle of the flashlight sticking out the back of the stone lantern showing. -- 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: Rain Garden
From: Bruce Walker John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. I was thinking more a woman in a traditional Kimono for this shot, but she wasn't available either. Someone it seems, does have sense enough to come in out of the rain. My inspiration are some Japanese woodblock prints my father brought home from the Korean War. I have two of them: http://shogungallery.com/images/products/toku_1204.jpg http://images.artelino.com/images/items/21645a.jpg The PESO isn't quite there (by a very long distance), but at least it got me out of the house. -- 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.
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John - yours was one of the PEso's that had me cursing my Monitor because it's lack of brightness made it very difficult to view that interesting shot... liked it anyway ann On 9/7/2012 15:30, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bruce Walker John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. I was thinking more a woman in a traditional Kimono for this shot, but she wasn't available either. Someone it seems, does have sense enough to come in out of the rain. My inspiration are some Japanese woodblock prints my father brought home from the Korean War. I have two of them: http://shogungallery.com/images/products/toku_1204.jpg http://images.artelino.com/images/items/21645a.jpg The PESO isn't quite there (by a very long distance), but at least it got me out of the house. -- 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: Rain Garden
Nice. For me, the vignetting makes it look like a scene through a partially fogged window. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:55 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: Rain Garden
That is most excellent - quite a striking shot! Great camera and PS work. Mark On 9/7/2012 12:55 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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.
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A unique vision. Well done!! Paul On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: That is most excellent - quite a striking shot! Great camera and PS work. Mark On 9/7/2012 12:55 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start. We meet at an arboretum associated with NC State University. They have a nice little Japanese garden, and I got to thinking how it might look in one of those old Japanese wood-block prints, with the rain fog. So, I kind of planned this shot out, and then all I had to do was wait until it rained scurry over there to take the shot. Which it did this afternoon. About rain - I needed it to be raining hard so the rain would show up in the photo. The hard rain is at the leading edge of the storm. If you're not ready to move as soon as you hear the first crash of thunder you're probably going to miss it. Also, if you use fill flash to try to make the rain pop out, you need to be on trailing curtain sync. Otherwise your raindrops will look like they're falling upwards. Standing in the rain, holding the umbrella over the camera tripod because I didn't have my rain-sleeves ready. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7947602716/lightbox/ K20D, DA18-55 II aperture priority @f/22 NIK filters (HDR Pro, Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro) Cropped it 12x24 to give it a panoramic feel. In the end, I had to assist the rain just a little in Photoshop (a whole lot actually). My K20D has got some hot pixels or something. There are 2 bright red dots in exactly the same spot in every frame. They appear to be 1 pixel each. Plus there's a bright white blob about the size the light in the garden sculpture. It's pretty easy to locate because it's right in the middle of a 1 pixel high bright red line that extends from side to side across the frame. It's a b**ch cloning the red line out. Content aware fill can't do it, and if you're not super careful, it just ends up looking like someone cloned out a red line across the middle of the frame. -- 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.
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Thanks, Mark. I tried to play with curves, but if I do that the bright triangle in the middle also pops :P And the overall mood changes. Probably I am doing it wrong - I am by no means a PS expert. --Sasha On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Sasha Sobol wrote: Thanks to everyone who commented on the photo! To summarize the critique: The image is a bit dark and the figure with umbrella could be made brighter, to make it pop. I willl try to do that, however (a prejudice) I usually try not to modify photos locally. Adam, flickriver is an alternative way to view flickr images. I think it is a way better than the original: you have black background, fairly large images, etc. If you have trouble with flickr you can try a flickriver bookmarklet, it helps. Dave, here you can see it in large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3126561143/sizes/l/ (You can even see the huge original image if you want). Commenting very late here, but... That's a fabulous photo! And you *can* make the umbrella pop a bit more without doing any local modification: A tweak with the curves tool in Photoshop manages it quite nicely. -- 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.
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Sasha Sobol wrote: Thanks, Mark. I tried to play with curves, but if I do that the bright triangle in the middle also pops :P And the overall mood changes. Probably I am doing it wrong - I am by no means a PS expert. Well, you need quite a bit of experience with the curves tool to be able to use it effectively, but it's very powerful when you do. Well worth putting some time into. But more to the point, I neglected to mention in my first message that I like your shot fine as it is. *I* don't think it *needs* any curves adjustment at all, even though it is possible to get more pop from the white parts of the umbrella that way. The muted palette works very well in this instance, IMO. -- 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.
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Sasha Sobol wrote: Thanks to everyone who commented on the photo! To summarize the critique: The image is a bit dark and the figure with umbrella could be made brighter, to make it pop. I willl try to do that, however (a prejudice) I usually try not to modify photos locally. Adam, flickriver is an alternative way to view flickr images. I think it is a way better than the original: you have black background, fairly large images, etc. If you have trouble with flickr you can try a flickriver bookmarklet, it helps. Dave, here you can see it in large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3126561143/sizes/l/ (You can even see the huge original image if you want). Commenting very late here, but... That's a fabulous photo! And you *can* make the umbrella pop a bit more without doing any local modification: A tweak with the curves tool in Photoshop manages it quite nicely. -- 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.
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That's excellent. That blue colour is really eye-catching. And the image is nicely balanced with the placement of the person with the umbrella. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:31:24 -0800, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com said: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:31:24 -0800, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com said: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 Very nice! Mysterious and moody. Godfrey -- 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.
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Nice, I wish i could see a full size of it. I like the blue cast to it. Dave On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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Thanks to everyone who commented on the photo! To summarize the critique: The image is a bit dark and the figure with umbrella could be made brighter, to make it pop. I willl try to do that, however (a prejudice) I usually try not to modify photos locally. Adam, flickriver is an alternative way to view flickr images. I think it is a way better than the original: you have black background, fairly large images, etc. If you have trouble with flickr you can try a flickriver bookmarklet, it helps. Dave, here you can see it in large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3126561143/sizes/l/ (You can even see the huge original image if you want). Thanks, --Sasha -- 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.
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 Gorgeous! 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.
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: Dave, here you can see it in large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3126561143/sizes/l/ (You can even see the huge original image if you want). Thanks, --Sasha Nope, thats ok, this version works well. \ Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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Excellent shot, and nice use of Flickriver to make viewing flickr shots easier. -Adam On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
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On Feb 22, 2009, at 09:31 , Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 Not only rain, but the color, the architectural diversity, and the stark umbrella all add to the composition. Very nicely done. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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.
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Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 Very cool shot! Christian -- 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.
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Adam Maas wrote: Excellent shot, and nice use of Flickriver to make viewing flickr shots easier. -Adam what he said --- I like the shot a lot -- want it just a tad lighter - but I think that's my monitor talking... I don't know waht flickriver is - but I normally have a hard time looking at flicker posts and this time not ann On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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.
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Very dramatic and striking. Well seen and well composed. Bob Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket --- George Orwell http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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.
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Excellent. I find the tonality and brightness ideal for this type of shot. And my monitor is calibrated. A great concept, well executed. Paul On Feb 22, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Christian wrote: Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 Very cool shot! Christian -- 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.
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Very nice shot. The composition works well as do the splashes of color. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 22, 2009, 9:31:24 AM, you wrote: SS http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 SS Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 SS -- SS PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List SS PDML@pdml.net SS http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net SS 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.
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I like it very much. ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ - Original Message From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:31:24 AM Subject: PESO: rain http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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.
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I like it a lot Sasha. Cory Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.2/1965 - Release Date: 02/21/09 15:36:00 -- 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.
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Very nice shot! As others have commented, it may be just a trifle dark, but that can be due to variations in monitor brightness settings. I particularly like the subtle light in the foreground. The person with umbrella makes the shot though. stan On Feb 22, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 -- 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.
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In a message dated 2/22/2009 9:31:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, sa...@asobol.com writes: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3126561143 Taken with: K20d, SMC DA 21mm, f/6.7@ 1/20 === That is simply a superb shot, Sasha. Fantastic! Only one quibble, if there is a person sitting on the concrete block in the water, I can't quite make them out. I'd lighten that area a little. I wouldn't necessarily lighten the whole thing, because that would make it lose some of its flavor. Great colors, great composition, good juxtaposition between blue tiles and with blue and white striped umbrella -- very surreal. Marnie - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **You can't always choose whom you love, but you can choose how to find them. Start with AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0002) -- 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.
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Hello Boris, Saturday, January 13, 2007, 3:00:52 PM, you wrote: BL http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 BL Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). BL Please be brutal but honest. BL Boris Nice abstract. I like the diagonal composition and pastel like colors. Only nitpick would be that the raindrops don't really pop. -- Attila -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I like it. The composition works, and the water appears to be closer than the background, producing a kind of 3D effect. Is it shot through glass? Paul On Jan 13, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). Please be brutal but honest. Boris -- 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
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Reminds me of the very first picture I tried to make, using an old box camera to photograph rain drops and background lighting on the windshield of the family car. I sent the film to the drug store to be processed. I was about 12 years old at the time. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Shel, now I sit and wonder - did you mean to say a complement or you just tried to politely tell me that the picture is not all that good. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Reminds me of the very first picture I tried to make, using an old box camera to photograph rain drops and background lighting on the windshield of the family car. I sent the film to the drug store to be processed. I was about 12 years old at the time. Shel Boris the confused one. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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LOL After posting the message I wondered if there might be some confusion about it's intent. I wasn't commenting on the pic's quality or artistic merit, just reminiscing and finding it interesting that we had, years apart, a similar vision. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman Shel, now I sit and wonder - did you mean to say a complement or you just tried to politely tell me that the picture is not all that good. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Reminds me of the very first picture I tried to make, using an old box camera to photograph rain drops and background lighting on the windshield of the family car. I sent the film to the drug store to be processed. I was about 12 years old at the time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Well, I am glad I made you smile. It is so difficult to interpret one's abstract comment without ability to see one's facial impression and/or hear one's voice. I often make comments in similar manner. I don't exactly care about the image merits except that it would bring a memory or invoke a certain emotion in me. Although usually it would mean that I'd say the image worked for me ;-). Thanks. This was a rather quick grab because the weather was changing very rapidly... Boris Shel Belinkoff wrote: LOL After posting the message I wondered if there might be some confusion about it's intent. I wasn't commenting on the pic's quality or artistic merit, just reminiscing and finding it interesting that we had, years apart, a similar vision. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman Shel, now I sit and wonder - did you mean to say a complement or you just tried to politely tell me that the picture is not all that good. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Reminds me of the very first picture I tried to make, using an old box camera to photograph rain drops and background lighting on the windshield of the family car. I sent the film to the drug store to be processed. I was about 12 years old at the time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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It works for me. I don't think it is a everlasting photo, but it makes me curious. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: 13. januar 2007 14:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Rain http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). Please be brutal but honest. Boris -- 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
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Boris, I guess I'd put this down to a nice attempt. But it's like, I've seen it before. Boris Liberman wrote: http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). Please be brutal but honest. Boris -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Trying to be brutally honest - I like it Boris. Nicely done. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Rain http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). Please be brutal but honest. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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It's a strong image with the diagonals and contrast overlaid by the rain spatters. Subjectively, not my cup of tea, but I can see why others might like it. The image may be more likely to work in a group of rain themed images than alone... just my opinion. Thanks. Tom C. From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Rain Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:00:52 +0200 http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16194full=1 Feeling rather abstract I am ;-). Please be brutal but honest. Boris -- 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
