Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
I really like that a lot. I love the clasped hands in the foreground, and the predominance of deep purple throughout the image in the rendering. It's a very intriguing shot. -- Walt On 8/11/2012 7:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:15 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Reminds me of what Louis Armstrong (who didn't like bebop) said of bebop: If you make a mistake, repeat it twice and call it improvisation. (paraphrased) I have two rules for dancing lindy hop: 1) There are no mistakes, there is

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: I really like that a lot. I love the clasped hands in the foreground, and the predominance of deep purple throughout the image in the rendering. It's a very intriguing shot. Thanks Walt. I think that the predominance of deep purple might

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 11, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Yeah, it's a pretty neat shot. Thanks. It's kind of cool what you can get when you screw up, and then pretend that's what you meant to do. Don't underestimate yourself. Having the artistic insight to recognize

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
YOU! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens Don't underestimate yourself. Having the artistic insight to recognize potential and the skill to make something of it are far from insignificant qualities.

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: I really like that a lot. I love the clasped hands in the foreground, and the predominance of deep purple throughout the image in the rendering. It's a very intriguing

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Bruce Walker
That's a very well executed mistake. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in the low light I completely blew the focus, absolutely nothing in the frame is even remotely in focus. So I cranked

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 12, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's a very well executed mistake. Thanks. And Mark! On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in the low light I completely blew the

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 12, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: I really like that a lot. I love the clasped hands in the foreground, and the predominance of deep purple throughout the

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks Mark. On Aug 12, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 11, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Yeah, it's a pretty neat shot. Thanks. It's kind of cool what you can get when you screw up, and then pretend that's what you meant to do. Don't

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Steven Desjardins
I also like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7762486298/in/photostream/ On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in the low light I completely blew the focus, absolutely nothing in the

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 12, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I also like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7762486298/in/photostream/ Thanks. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in

PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-11 Thread Larry Colen
Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in the low light I completely blew the focus, absolutely nothing in the frame is even remotely in focus. So I cranked up clarity, contrast, vibrance etc. and came up with this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7762232744/

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That's a quite interesting effect Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I completely blew this shot. It was ISO 16,000, and in the low light I completely blew the focus, absolutely

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
Yeah, it's a pretty neat shot. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That's a quite interesting effect Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Technically, I

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 11, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Yeah, it's a pretty neat shot. Thanks. It's kind of cool what you can get when you screw up, and then pretend that's what you meant to do. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That's a

Re: PESO Out of focus and lots of noise

2012-08-11 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Reminds me of what Louis Armstrong (who didn't like bebop) said of bebop: If you make a mistake, repeat it twice and call it improvisation. (paraphrased) Whether intended or not that's a really good photo! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. --