Re: PESO: The Cradle Will Fall

2011-10-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you very much, Tim! That background is one of the reasons I rarely shoot with anything other than my 50/1.4 these days. I'm utterly smitten by the bokeh it produces when I luck up and get it right. -- Walt On 10/14/2011 2:56 AM, Tim Bray wrote: I'm a couple weeks behind on PDML and I

Re: PESO: The Cradle Will Fall

2011-10-14 Thread Tim Bray
I'm a couple weeks behind on PDML and I just looked at a few dozen PESOs and this was the first one that made me hit the "reply" key. Beautiful shot. Exquisite backgrounds, which matters. -T On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here's a shot I took today that's a

Re: PESO: The Cradle Will Fall

2011-10-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Marnie. I think I agree. I tinkered with a little bit of lightening and bumping contrast, but in a purely brute-force fashion which made it look to my eye like I was giving up some detail in the leaf's texture. I'll give it another shot with a little lighter touch to see how it comes

Re: PESO: The Cradle Will Fall

2011-10-01 Thread Eactivist
Pleasing leaf, but I would ligthen it up quite a bit to make it stand a little more out from the back ground. Lighten shadows, lighten, or more contrast. Something. HTH, Marnie :-) In a message dated 9/28/2011 8:45:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ldott...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, Here's a

PESO: The Cradle Will Fall

2011-09-28 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Here's a shot I took today that's a little more of a "general audiences" type image. The leaves are just now starting to turn on a few trees in western Kentucky, and this particular leaf caught my eye. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6193992814/ K100Ds, K 50/1.4, Manual