Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Dave. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. On Mar 20, 2012, at 10:03 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Great shot > > Dave > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 >> years in Michigan

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 3/20/2012 1:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> If you're photos turn out looking like you want them to, you don't have to >> apologize for the tools you used. >> > Thanks, John. > > Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. But, I'm at a l

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 3/20/2012 1:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Walt Gilbert Thanks, Rick. I do shoot RAW exclusively nowadays, but I don't have Lightroom. I do all my editing with freeware applications and plugins -- pretty much Picasa as an organizer and quick & dirty editor, IrfanView with a few Photoshop

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walt Gilbert Thanks, Rick. I do shoot RAW exclusively nowadays, but I don't have Lightroom. I do all my editing with freeware applications and plugins -- pretty much Picasa as an organizer and quick & dirty editor, IrfanView with a few Photoshop plugins for noise reduction (which I almost

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Mar 20, 2012, at 2:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I just realized that Daffy is a black duck. I've never seen a real black duck. We have lots of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Scaup Frank would be more likely to have seen these & not recognized

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread Walt Gilbert
remarkable how much detail is there when the channel appears to be blown out. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day On 3/18/2012 3:36 PM, Pau

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread Walt Gilbert
ights are blown out you've lost any data in that area while you can recover modestly under exposed features. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Walt Gilbert" Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day Hmm. I guess I'm using the

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot Dave On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 > years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever saw them in New > Jersey. After hundreds of daffodil pics, tried for a bit of a differ

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread David J Brooks
gt; http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> - Original Message - From: "Walt Gilbert" >> Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day >> >> >>> Hmm. I guess I'm using the wrong exposure mode, but I always seem to get >>> severely b

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-20 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Yes but Daffy doesn't have your funny accent. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David Mann Sent: March 20, 2012 3/20/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sub

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread David Mann
On Mar 20, 2012, at 2:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > I just realized that Daffy is a black duck. > > I've never seen a real black duck. We have lots of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Scaup Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
Nice indeed! No daffs here, but some crocii are up, so I better do the annual pilgrimage to the front yard. On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 > years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
From: "P. J. Alling" Sent: March 19, 2012 3/19/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day Nice flower photo, but I'm disappointed, for some reason I expected a picture of a duck... On 3/18/2012 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice flower photo, but I'm disappointed, for some reason I expected a picture of a duck... On 3/18/2012 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever saw them in New Jersey. A

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread Rick Womer
Gilbert To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day On 3/18/2012 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 > years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever sa

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread Walt Gilbert
photogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Walt Gilbert" Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day Hmm. I guess I'm using the wrong exposure mode, but I always seem to get severely blown highlights when I try to shoot them. The last time I tried, I set exposure compensation

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread kwaller
ot;Walt Gilbert" Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day Hmm. I guess I'm using the wrong exposure mode, but I always seem to get severely blown highlights when I try to shoot them. The last time I tried, I set exposure compensation at -1 and /still/ managed to get some blown highlights.

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-19 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hmm. I guess I'm using the wrong exposure mode, but I always seem to get severely blown highlights when I try to shoot them. The last time I tried, I set exposure compensation at -1 and /still/ managed to get some blown highlights. I may have had it set to spot metering. -- Walt On 3/18/2012

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, I'm a sucker for Daffodils and this shot is sweet. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 > years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever saw them in New > Jersey. Aft

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
No secret here. I shoot RAW with the K-5 in multi-point exposure mode. I think I had it set to +0.3 exposure comp, then some minor tweaking in conversion. Paul On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 3/18/2012 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> The first daffodil bloomed today. Earli

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-18 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 3/18/2012 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever saw them in New Jersey. After hundreds of daffodil pics, tried for a bit of a different look here. Had the DA* 60-250

Re: PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice. You captured four different stages in the flower's development in one frame. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 > years in Michiga

PESO: Daffy Day

2012-03-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days for my 20 years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I ever saw them in New Jersey. After hundreds of daffodil pics, tried for a bit of a different look here. Had the DA* 60-250 mounted, so I used it. f11, IS) 400, 1/250th,