Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On 12/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot Frank. Grain is just about right to jazz,a little soft for blues.vbg The wall light is a bit of a distraction, but only slightly Dave Thanks, Dave. I agree about the wall light, but given that I just had the 40m lens with

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-26 Thread brooksdj
Nice shot Frank. Grain is just about right to jazz,a little soft for blues.vbg The wall light is a bit of a distraction, but only slightly Dave It's still pretty fuzzy (except that the bass is kind of sharp g), as I had to shoot handheld at 1/15th, but

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/29/2005 11:41:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3910767size=lg I when I left my house that morning, I had no idea that I'd be catching this concert that afternoon; I was completely unprepared for shooting

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-06 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice frank. Not your best, but not bad. I'd be tempted to crop off the light on the left (and the wall line) and see if it doesn't improve it. I like the sax player. I might, also, like just a crop of him alone. snip Thanks,

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! It's still pretty fuzzy (except that the bass is kind of sharp g), as I had to shoot handheld at 1/15th, but I like this much better than the first one: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3910767size=lg I when I left my house that morning, I had no idea that I'd be catching this

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-05 Thread frank theriault
On 12/5/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I think this time you did not really succeed. The distracting bright whites on the top and on the right are too strong. To my eyes they virtually destroy the shot... Since I know that you can do much better, all I can say - it is

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I expect nothing but honesty from you, Boris. I don't think you were brutal at all. You simply said what you thought about the photo - I can ask for no more, or less. Now if you had said, that's a bad photo, and I don't like you, I might be upset... g Frank, if, purely hypothetically,

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-03 Thread frank theriault
On 12/2/05, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 3, 2005, at 4:23 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: No, Perry White was Clark Kent's boss, Superman's alter-ego. Superman had no boss. Until he got married. LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On 11/29/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/11/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Just joking, of course. Seriously, thanks for the comment. g Seriously, did you put that up as a red herring, so to speak, or do you like it? Seeing as it's your PAW, how about you comment

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/12/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: The comments I've received here (and elsewhere) have helped me become more objective with regard to this photo (and other such photos I've posted in the past). Then this place must be working ;-] Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread pnstenquist
Frank, Frank, Frank. You're way off base on this one. Once again you're demonstrating that you don't know what you're talking about. Perry White was Superman's boss. Paul :-)) On 11/29/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/11/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Just

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
No, Perry White was Clark Kent's boss, Superman's alter-ego. Superman had no boss. Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 12/2/2005 6:48:38 AM Subject: Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2 Frank

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread frank theriault
Subject: Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2 Frank, Frank, Frank. You're way off base on this one. Once again you're demonstrating that you don't know what you're talking about. Perry White was Superman's boss. Technically speaking, you are of course correct, Shel. So, who

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On 12/2/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, who was Spiderman's alter ego, Peter Parker's boss? Google time... Ahh, right, Mr. Jameson! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
J. Jonah Jameson, the editor/publisher of the Daily Bugle?, is Spiderman's boss Again, however, that's not quite correct. Jameson is the editor of the paper for which Peter Parker provides photos, and the relationship is similar to the Perry White/Clark Kent relationship. One thing I'm not

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
: 12/2/2005 6:48:38 AM Subject: Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2 Frank, Frank, Frank. You're way off base on this one. Once again you're demonstrating that you don't know what you're talking about. Perry White was Superman's boss. Technically speaking, you are of course

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread Adam Maas
Parker's been both stringer and employee at various points in the comic. For the movies, he's a stringer. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: J. Jonah Jameson, the editor/publisher of the Daily Bugle?, is Spiderman's boss Again, however, that's not quite correct. Jameson is the editor of the

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-02 Thread David Mann
On Dec 3, 2005, at 4:23 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: No, Perry White was Clark Kent's boss, Superman's alter-ego. Superman had no boss. Until he got married. - Dave

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-12-01 Thread Rick Womer
Amazing. You sent this message Sunday; it spun around in cyberspace for 4 days and landed in my mailbox today. Your resent message got here first! Rick --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's still pretty fuzzy (except that the bass is kind of sharp g), as I had to shoot handheld

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I didn't see the original. I'll bet it never made it here. This doesn't do a lot for me. I'm left feeling that I'm looking at this scene from the wrong angle. I do like the tonality and contrast level. Paul On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:12 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, Frank! I never got the

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2: Msgs getting lost

2005-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Frank, I never saw the original. Neither the original nor your repost are in the archives. The comments I posted last night aren't on the list or in the archives this morning, either. Things seem screwed up in cyber-land. The essence of my comments was that I rather like the motion blur,but

RE: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
Message- From: E.R.N. Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29. november 2005 21:18 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2 frank theriault wrote: I sent this two days ago, and got not a single comment. Maybe lots of people looked, and simply

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread E.R.N. Reed
frank theriault wrote: I sent this two days ago, and got not a single comment. Maybe lots of people looked, and simply weren't compelled to comment. However, just in case it didn't make the list, I'll resend it. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3910767size=lg Frank, I don't

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Adam Maas
Frank, I didn't even see this come through last time. It's a nice shot, with some good atmosphere. -Adam frank theriault wrote: I sent this two days ago, and got not a single comment. Maybe lots of people looked, and simply weren't compelled to comment. However, just in case it didn't

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/11/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: I sent this two days ago, and got not a single comment. Maybe lots of people looked, and simply weren't compelled to comment. However, just in case it didn't make the list, I'll resend it. If you weren't inclined to comment the first

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread frank theriault
On 11/29/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't see it the first time. Sorry mate, doesn't do a thing for me. Geez, Cotty, you didn't have to be so harsh, did you? You could hurt a guy's feelings. LOL Just joking, of course. Seriously, thanks for the comment. g -- Sharpness is a

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/11/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Just joking, of course. Seriously, thanks for the comment. g Seriously, did you put that up as a red herring, so to speak, or do you like it? Seeing as it's your PAW, how about you comment on it, give me an insight into what you prefer

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... The photo just doesn't do anything for me. Usually I've got ~something~ to say, good or bad, but this one just strikes me as very bland ... sorry, ol' buddy. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3910767size=lg Shel

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Rick Womer
Frank, I didn't see this come around earlier, either. The fuzziness is motion blur, and I rather like that. The composition doesn't grab me, though: the subjects are spread out across the frame, and seem disunited, visually speaking. If they were closer together, or if you had been able to

Re: PAW: The Dave Young Quartet, Take 2

2005-11-29 Thread Scott Loveless
Hey, Frank! I never got the original, either. I don't mind the composition or the blur. I rather like the blur, actually. It's the brightness that doesn't do it for me. Not that it's a bad characteristic, but it just doesn't have that dark, gritty night time feel that I've come to expect