RE: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

in capturing 'the fullness of Autumn, the ripe orange plumpness of pumpkins, the Indian corn wreath upon the door, the flaming reds and golds of the maples and the soft blanket of fallen leaves' everyone's favourite artists seems to have allowed some winter snow to stray across the seasons from his

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

(shudder) On 10/25/2010 10:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 10/25/2010 9:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Who would've ever thought photography and fake breasts would occupy the same turf on the internet? You haven't been on the List that long, have you? We had a charming y

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On 10/25/2010 9:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Who would've ever thought photography and fake breasts would occupy the same turf on the internet? You haven't been on the List that long, have you? We had a charming young lady who showed us both at one time a few years ago..

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On 10/25/2010 9:08 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually pleasing fakes. Are we still talking about photographs or have we moved on to bust enhancement? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska If there are no photographs it didn't happen... -- "His

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:08:32 -0500 CheekyGeek wrote: > > I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually > > pleasing fakes. > > Are we still talking about photographs or have we moved on to bust > enhancement? this thread looks photoshoped. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

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On 26 October 2010 12:23, Mark Roberts wrote: > You haven't been on the List that long, have you? We had a charming > young lady who showed us both at one time a few years ago... And a lovely set they were, we are a caring, sharing kind of bunch (mostly ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Stud

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Clearly not long enough! On 10/25/2010 8:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Who would've ever thought photography and fake breasts would occupy the same turf on the internet? You haven't been on the List that long, have you? We had a charming young lady who showed us both a

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

Walter Gilbert wrote: > Who would've ever thought photography and fake breasts would occupy >the same turf on the internet? You haven't been on the List that long, have you? We had a charming young lady who showed us both at one time a few years ago... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

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There, you said it for me. Thanks, Steve. ;) Jack --- On Mon, 10/25/10, Steven Desjardins wrote: > From: Steven Desjardins > Subject: Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 5:03 PM > Honestly fol

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We could, you know. We've about shot this topic. . . On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:08 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: >> I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually pleasing >> fakes. > > Are we still talking about photographs or have we moved on to bust > enhancement? > > Darren Add

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On Oct 25, 2010, at 9:08 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: >> I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually pleasing >> fakes. > > Are we still talking about photographs or have we moved on to bust > enhancement? > Both. > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > PDML Pentax-Disc

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Who would've ever thought photography and fake breasts would occupy the same turf on the internet? Crazy world... -- Walt On 10/25/2010 8:08 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually pleasing fakes. Are we still talking about photographs or

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> I'm in favor of "fakes," as long as they're well executed, visually pleasing > fakes. Are we still talking about photographs or have we moved on to bust enhancement? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

Honestly folks, I didn't think it was much of an image so I didn't dwell on it. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Cotty >> >> On 25/10/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> >Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A few nice shots, too. But how >>> >the h

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

Doesn't your version of Photoshop have the castle filter? On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:15 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: > My landscape photography would be greatly improved if only I included > some castles or castle ruins. Sadly, they never built any in Nebraska. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > --

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "CheekyGeek" Subject: Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year My landscape photography would be greatly improved if only I included some castles or castle ruins. Sadly, they n

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My landscape photography would be greatly improved if only I included some castles or castle ruins. Sadly, they never built any in Nebraska. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

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Ah, yes; the "Painter of Light" On 10/25/2010 4:48 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I am I the only person who immediately thought of Thomas Kinkade when seeing those landscapes? To refresh your memory: http://tinyurl.com/6nti Jeffery -- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: John Sessoms wrote: From: Cotty On 25/10/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A few nice shots, too. But how the hell did THIS:

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > No, I think that's a bad Photoshop selection job. Believe me - I've > got a ton of them in my "to be graded" inbox at this very moment. At least you can now write "Better than some award winners. C+" on the work you're grading. -- PDML Pen

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From: Jeffery Smith I am I the only person who immediately thought of Thomas Kinkade when seeing those landscapes? Might as well accuse them all of being secret adherents of Kennyboy Rockwell. FWIW, I don't think any of these are anywhere near as big a stinking pile as Kinkade's ouvrer.

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John Sessoms wrote: >From: Cotty >> On 25/10/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> >Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A few nice shots, too. But how >>> >the hell did THIS: >> > Photographer-of-the-Year-20

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

From: Cotty On 25/10/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A few nice shots, too. But how >the hell did THIS: >

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On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: get in there??? That's the worst "darken the sky in Photoshop" job I've ever seen! Not to mention the outworldly blueish forest in the background and an exposure time long enough to let the train through but withou

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Carlos R wrote: El 25/10/2010 17:38, Daniel J. Matyola escribió: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/8085758/Landscape-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-winning-pictures.html After having looked at them, now I have an HDR indigest

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From: Steven Desjardins Hit send too quickly. To your point, the one I liked best looked carefully planned (the breakfast shot) rather than manipulated. Not to say it wasn't but it looks like he was simply patient. There's more than patience, there's a lot of preparation. You can see a refl

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

>From the rules: "When you have selected your pictures, digital adjustments, including High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques, are allowed. The integrity of the image must be maintained and the making of physical changes to the landscape is not permitted. It must be possible to go to the loc

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

I am I the only person who immediately thought of Thomas Kinkade when seeing those landscapes? To refresh your memory: http://tinyurl.com/6nti Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the li

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Mark Roberts wrote: > get in there??? That's the worst "darken the sky in Photoshop" job > I've ever seen! Not to mention the outworldly blueish forest in the background and an exposure time long enough to let the train through but without the slightest trace of motion blur with the people stan

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On 25/10/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A few nice shots, too. But how >the hell did THIS: >get in there??? T

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

From: Steven Desjardins Hell, I'm not sure I could do this with photoshop. I would if I could. I think all but two of them are tone mapped HDR images. Maybe they all are. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDM

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Carlos R wrote: >El 25/10/2010 17:38, Daniel J. Matyola escribió: >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/8085758/Landscape-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-winning-pictures.html > >After having looked at them, now I have an HDR indigestion. Definitely some HDR nastiness in there. A fe

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Steven Desjardins wrote: > Hit send too quickly. To your point, the one I liked best looked > carefully planned (the breakfast shot) rather than manipulated. Not > to say it wasn't but it looks like he was simply patient. Same here. At least that one took an idea, an effort beyond just being t

RE: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

From: "Daniel J. Matyola" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/8085758/Landscape-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-winning-pictures.html Kewl! Of course it's only a matter of time until he's disqualified because someone accuses him of renting the fog down in the valley. -- PDML

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Hit send too quickly. To your point, the one I liked best looked carefully planned (the breakfast shot) rather than manipulated. Not to say it wasn't but it looks like he was simply patient. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Hell, I'm not sure I could do this with phot

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

Hell, I'm not sure I could do this with photoshop. I would if I could. 2010/10/25 Ralf R. Radermacher : > Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Well, I don't feel inadequate at all. In fact, it feels as if I have >> visited some of the places or places similar to those depicted and it >> inspires me to try

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

El 25/10/2010 17:38, Daniel J. Matyola escribió: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/8085758/Landscape-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-winning-pictures.html After having looked at them, now I have an HDR indigestion. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

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On Oct 25, 2010, at 9:22 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Well, I don't feel inadequate at all. In fact, it feels as if I have >> visited some of the places or places similar to those depicted and it >> inspires me to try to better myself in the genre as well as all

Re: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

On 10/25/2010 6:22 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: To me, this whole contest looks more like a Photoshop championship than anything else. Ralf, my humble understanding is that unless this is specifically indicated by the rules of contest (such as film photography and dark room printing only) m

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Thanks for posting, Dan. I wonder if any would be accepted into the Pentax Gallery? ;) --- On Mon, 10/25/10, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, October 25

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I like that one very much, Ralf, but I like the effects in the contest winners also, whether they are enhanced by PhotoShop or not. It's the result that counts. Dan http://tinyurl.com/matyola 2010/10/25 Ralf R. Radermacher : > Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Well, I don't feel inadequate at all. In

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Boris Liberman wrote: > Well, I don't feel inadequate at all. In fact, it feels as if I have > visited some of the places or places similar to those depicted and it > inspires me to try to better myself in the genre as well as all others. Bring this whole stuff down to normal contrast and satur

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Well, I don't feel inadequate at all. In fact, it feels as if I have visited some of the places or places similar to those depicted and it inspires me to try to better myself in the genre as well as all others. Thanks, Daniel, for posting this link. Boris On 10/25/2010 6:07 PM, Steven Desjar

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I feel so inadequate. Some of those are just magical, and yet I most remember the "Breakfast View". On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/8085758/Landscape-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-winning-pictures.html > > -- > PDML

OT: Landscape Photographer of the Year

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