RE: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-03 Thread Tim Øsleby
Daytonesque. Intended as a compliment. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson Sent: 2. februar 2007 17:41 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - A bit odd On Feb 2, 2007

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bruce, The origital was nice, the crop is better. The puffy white 'Magritte' clouds are a great contrast to the wood details. Regards, Bob S. On 2/2/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-02 Thread Eactivist
On 2/2/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested improvements. So here is round #2: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285b.htm Original for comparison:

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 2, 2007, at 0:02, Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested improvements. So here is round #2: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285b.htm Original for comparison:

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-02 Thread pnstenquist
Yes, very nice. Paul -- Original message -- From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 2, 2007, at 0:02, Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested improvements. So here is

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. Looks like a rock formation. I'd clone out the stuff at lower left and right to enhance the illusion and clean it up a bit. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:38 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Brian Walters
Nice contrast between the stump and the sky. Just shows how mundane objects can make for very attractive images. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting,

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Rick Womer
El Capitan on a bad hair day? --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Bruce, Thursday, February 1, 2007, 8:38:22 AM, you wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather interesting. Pentax

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/2/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: El Capitan on a bad hair day? LOL -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice, sure does mimic a western rock formation. A little more of the brush on the RH side would help balance the image. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - A bit odd This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/31/2007 10:46:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Crop it square, even out the illumination and shadow on the foreground, and you have Rene Magritte beat. ;-) G On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 1, 2007, at 0:38, Bruce Dayton wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather interesting. Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4,

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough to try some of your suggested improvements. So here is round #2: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285b.htm Original for comparison: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285.htm -- Bruce Thursday, February 1, 2007,

Re: PESO - A bit odd

2007-02-01 Thread Alastair Robertson
The first of these is great - agree about the Magritte reference - it's the light on the stump and the clouds that invoke that - see for example http://www.allposters.com/-sp/La-Chateau-des-Pyrenees-Posters_i389181_.htm Alastair On 2/2/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who

PESO - A bit odd

2007-01-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather interesting. Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 100, 1/125 sec @ f/13