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2009-05-26 Thread Derby Chang
Bob W wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Bob That is rather brilliant. I'd say, another surrealist shot in the vein of your girl in the

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2009-05-26 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Bob That is rather brilliant. I'd say, another surrealist shot in the vein

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2009-05-26 Thread Bob W
Very good capture Bob. Agree white should not offer detail other than any other colors or shades (didn't work so well this transtation, but I always get tired by this time of night). I keep trying to adjust the horizon, CCW just a little bit... minor nit indeed. One shot or did you

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2009-05-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
Here comes another vote from the Norwegian jury. -- MaritimTim 2009/5/25 Bob W p...@web-options.com: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Bob --

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2009-05-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Death, destruction, people with weapons - wait,

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2009-05-25 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Mon, 25 May 2009 22:55:07 +0100 Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Bob would like a higher def version but... I like

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2009-05-25 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very good capture Bob. Agree white should not offer detail other than any other colors or shades (didn't work so well this transtation, but I always get tired by this time of night). I keep trying to adjust the horizon, CCW just a little bit... minor nit indeed. One shot or did you bracket?

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2009-05-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
From: Bob W p...@web-options.com A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. I like it ... it looks like a figure in a diorama rather than a real child,

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2009-05-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/5/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Looks fine to me, I can see plenty of detail. Nice pic. -- Cheers, Cotty

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2009-05-25 Thread Nick Wright
Exposure looks fine to me. I like it. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not really. Sometimes there is no detail in white. Bob

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2009-05-25 Thread Joseph McAllister
He's a red-head. Like me at his age, he has no color to his skin. But there are freckles, I'd wager. Move in closer! On May 25, 2009, at 14:55 , Bob W wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown out, but they're not

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2009-05-25 Thread paul stenquist
I like it. I'm looking at it on my laptop, so much is lost. But it projects a mood that I'd describe as mysterious if not dark. The child appears almost as a mannequin, and his position in frame and tightly programmed look contribute to a somewhat unnatural feeling. Strange, interesting,

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2009-05-25 Thread Ken Waller
What Godfrey said Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com Subject: Re: Opinions please From: Bob W p...@web-options.com A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly

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2009-05-25 Thread Boris Liberman
This has red hair. Therefore the way his face came out is only natural... Or at least this is what I am thinking. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: A picture: http://www.web-options.com/L1000308.jpg The highlights, particularly the child's face, look blown

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2007-12-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 11, 2007, at 17:11, Bob Blakely wrote: Which one is the TARDIS and why isn't it blue? (Digging into what I remember from 25 years ago...) The TARDIS is a Police box, not a phone booth (that's why). No idea what a police box is, though. Maybe Wikipedia could help there. Yes, it

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2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
All photographs are ordinary. In the past 160 years everything has been done, over, and over, and over again. So, they are all ordinary, but some are interesting despite that. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/

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2007-12-12 Thread Doug Franklin
graywolf wrote: All photographs are ordinary. In the past 160 years everything has been done, over, and over, and over again. So, they are all ordinary, but some are interesting despite that. Definitely deserves a Mark!. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

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2007-12-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Bob, it is good but somehow ordinary... Boris Bob W wrote: This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have photographed quite often - and been disappointed. I took this photo last week, and quite like it. It's only occurred to me today why this composition is (in my

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2007-12-11 Thread Bob Blakely
Which one is the TARDIS and why isn't it blue? Regards, Bob... - Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2007-12-09 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 08 December 2007 20:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opinions please OK, I think that if it were my photo, I would crop it just below the top of the window sills. I

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2007-12-09 Thread Cotty
On 09/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a version with no people: http://www.web-options.com/_B296673.jpg I like that a lot more. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

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2007-12-09 Thread Bob W
the camera pointing slightly upwards. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alastair Robertson Sent: 08 December 2007 22:31 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opinions please I like this a lot. The two people match the two

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2007-12-09 Thread Jack Davis
Subject: Re: Opinions please OK, I think that if it were my photo, I would crop it just below the top of the window sills. I might crop a bit off the left too, making the phone booths balanced and letting the people and the tree give it dynamics; although I would have to try

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2007-12-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I like both of these photos, Bob. Sans people, it presents more of a formal study. Quite different photos, really, and both good. Lots to look at and enjoy. Which do I like more? I don't think I can say without more context to pose the question. Godfrey On Dec 9, 2007, at 1:14 AM, Bob W

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2007-12-09 Thread Stan Halpin
I like the tighter composition, but I would rather have people in it as well. And the two walkeers in the other version wouldn't fit in this frame. I think what would be idea would be to have this version, but have one person in each phone booth, talking on their respective phones, each

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2007-12-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 9, 2007, at 3:14, Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/_B296674.jpg The 2 men make the picture more successful than previous attempts. With noone in the frame it is too flat and static for me. Other versions have people walking parallel with the picture plane, and lack life or

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2007-12-09 Thread Bob W
People would think I was an American tourist... -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin Sent: 09 December 2007 16:52 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opinions please I like the tighter composition, but I

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2007-12-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Bob W wrote: This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have photographed quite often - and been disappointed. I took this photo last week, and quite like it. It's only occurred to me today why this composition is (in my view) more successful than previous attempts. I'd be

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2007-12-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/9/2007 1:14:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a version with no people: http://www.web-options.com/_B296673.jpg As for the phone boxes, I think they are probably listed. Listing is something that one of the cultural quangos can do to things

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2007-12-08 Thread graywolf
OK, I think that if it were my photo, I would crop it just below the top of the window sills. I might crop a bit off the left too, making the phone booths balanced and letting the people and the tree give it dynamics; although I would have to try that to know if I would really like it that way.

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2007-12-08 Thread Jack Davis
I like the graphic aspect of it, but the people aren't needed. I'd level it the little bit it needs. I may be a shot to put away for it's historic value. I understand those coin operated pay phones are no longer being produced in the US. Jack --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a scene

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2007-12-08 Thread P. J. Alling
Since I don't remember seeing any of the others you may have been disappointed with, but I'd venture to guess that having the two young men walking through the scene in just about the right place helps quite a bit. Bob W wrote: This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and

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2007-12-08 Thread Polyhead
It would have more contrast of color if taken in late spring. Some green with the bright red phone booths would look nice. That asside I like the shot anyway. This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have photographed quite often - and been disappointed. I took this

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2007-12-08 Thread Ken Waller
Nice crisp image, but it doesn't work for me, not sure why. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Subject: Opinions please This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have photographed quite often - and

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2007-12-08 Thread Brian Walters
Yes, I agree with Peter on this. Without the two men it would be a nice scene but those two guys are obviously enjoying themselves and it adds a great deal more interest to the image. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia

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2007-12-08 Thread Stan Halpin
I like it. And I asked my resident photo critic (aka wife) and she mostly likes it. 1. The red phone booths work well as the color contrast against an otherwise monochromatic scene. 2. Nice dynamics of the two guys walking and talking and seeming to enjoy themselves. 3. Nice framing of the

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2007-12-08 Thread Alastair Robertson
I like this a lot. The two people match the two boxes well, and I like the overarching tree and the patches of light which adds depth. It looks level to me though with slight converging verticals presumably a wide-angle lens was used? Alastair On Dec 9, 2007 10:48 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL

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2007-12-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
A lot to like here. The light is very nice. The rays of light splashing across the sidewalk and hitting the phone booth and beautiful are excellent. While there is balance to the composition, you didn't try to make it symmetrical. And it's far enough removed from symmetrical to make it

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2007-12-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It has nice balance, color, tonality and sharpness. A good one. :-) Godfrey On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:37 AM, Bob W wrote: This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have photographed quite often - and been disappointed. I took this photo last week, and quite like it. It's

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2005-11-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The LX is an amazingly good camera for low light work. I've made perfect exposures in a room that was completely dark but for a flickering TV screen, the light from which was constantly changing. The LX, with the shutter open, just kept measuring the light until the proper exposure was made,

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2005-11-09 Thread Peter Fairweather
I tend to make long exposures in RAW and sort in out in Photoshop. How does the LX cope with reciprocity failure? I've often wondered whether there is a digital sensor equivalent Peter On 11/9/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The LX is an amazingly good camera for low light work.

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2005-11-09 Thread mike wilson
From: Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/09 Wed AM 09:15:28 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Opinions, please I tend to make long exposures in RAW and sort in out in Photoshop. How does the LX cope with reciprocity failure? I've often wondered whether

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2005-11-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
Shel Belinkoff wrote: The LX is an amazingly good camera for low light work. I've made perfect exposures in a room that was completely dark but for a flickering TV screen, the light from which was constantly changing. The LX, with the shutter open, just kept measuring the light until

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2005-11-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Nov 2005 at 9:15, Peter Fairweather wrote: I tend to make long exposures in RAW and sort in out in Photoshop. How does the LX cope with reciprocity failure? I've often wondered whether there is a digital sensor equivalent I believe that the LX is one of the best ever low light cameras,

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2005-11-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter Fairweather Subject: Re: Opinions, please I tend to make long exposures in RAW and sort in out in Photoshop. How does the LX cope with reciprocity failure? I've often wondered whether there is a digital sensor equivalent No camera can cope

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2005-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
Ironically, I can justify the purchase of the LX but not an MX. The MX isn't sufficiently different from my little Ricoh (Better build, winder, but lower max shutter than the Ricoh). The LX has sufficient advantages to make it justifiable. But I really would like the DA14, of course, I could

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2005-11-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I can't speak to color issues - never ran a roll of color through the LX when making long exposures (and rarely did so when making normal exposures). However, the Tri-X / LX combination produced very good exposures in automatic mode in low light, with no thought to, or adjustment because of,

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2005-11-09 Thread Gonz
Adam Maas wrote: Ironically, I can justify the purchase of the LX but not an MX. The MX isn't sufficiently different from my little Ricoh (Better build, winder, but lower max shutter than the Ricoh). The LX has sufficient advantages to make it justifiable. But I really would like the DA14,

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2005-11-09 Thread luben karavelov
Adam Maas wrote: LX + lens. Probably a 24 or 20, If the 20, I'm likely to grab a CZJ 20mm Distagon. -Adam Carl Zeiss Jena never made Distagon lens, they are made by western part of Zeiss. Easern part of Zeiss, located in Jena, made Flektogon 20/2.8 on M42 and Praktika B mount - nice

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2005-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
My bad, I was thinking of the Flektogon, the german lens naming scheme is still a little foreign to me. The 18 is just a little too wide for me on 35mm and not wide enough on Digital. Might keep an eye out for the SMC 20. -Adam luben karavelov wrote: Carl Zeiss Jena never made Distagon

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2005-11-09 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Luben I would love to see the results of your Tamron SP 17mm shooting later here... ;-) greetings Markus (I have just recieved Tamron SP 17/3.5 and I will give it a try tomorrow because I have to trade the adapter with a friend). Best regard luben

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2005-11-08 Thread cbwaters
the LX would be nice but, man...you shooting any film anymore? I probably can't justify having one with the pitiful lens collection I've got...I need more glass before I can buy another body. CW - Original Message - From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent:

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2005-11-08 Thread Adam Maas
I still shoot BW, stopped for a bit while the D was new, but I'm on my 2nd roll of Tri-X this week (Least I hope it's Tri-X, it's labelled Tri-X 24exp, but I'm up to exp33 and the rewind know indicates it's feeding, so no idea what's actually in the can) I'm also up to a nice number of

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2005-11-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If you already have a good film body, why buy another? I like the DA14 a lot. Godfrey On Nov 8, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Adam Maas wrote: I'm going to have some disposable income next week, and am planning on some acquisitions. Possibilities include: 14mm DA for my *istD (Giving me an

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2005-11-08 Thread Adam Maas
Couple of Reasons. The LX meters down to EV-6.5 (I shoot a lot of low-light stuff), offers aperture priority, a winder (I've been spoiled by my AF Nikons), solid build and TTL flash. It's also likely to still work in 5 years. My current K mount film body is El Plastic Cosina (Aka the Ricoh

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2005-11-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. Honestly, I'd go for an MX over an LX but then I always preferred the Nikon FM/FE over the F2-3 as well (except for the hp viewfinder). In truly low light, I never bother with the meter ... I use a Kodak Pocket Photo Guide with its table of available light exposure suggestions. :-)

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2002-01-24 Thread Christian Skofteland
Wendy; Try some Fuji Provia 100 or 400 (depending on what kind of speed you are looking for. I like Velvia but it's VERY slow. I've never tried photographing black subjects on a white background with the LX or MX but I'm sure it would be difficult to say the least. I'd be tempted to stop