Re: PESO - soft day lily

Thank you, Marco. On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > Lovely! And subtly dreamlike. > > - Marco > >> On Aug 3, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A different take on the orange daylily. >> >> I've been trying out different

Re: PESO - soft day lily

Lovely! And subtly dreamlike. - Marco > On Aug 3, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > A different take on the orange daylily. > > I've been trying out different subjects and light with a 6x7 120mm > f:3.5 soft focus lens on the 645z. This is a flower in the full

Re: PESO: Soft

Dan, You got any sharp versions? I still like sharp... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17792819 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola --

Re: PESO: Soft

I quite like the abstractness of that, Dan. It just looks cool. Reminds me of caramel-vanilla ice cream. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17792819 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Soft

Yes, so do I, but I thought this came out a bit interesting. I was trying to take image of a gardenia flower on my deck with the 35 macro, when I began to wonder exactly how close I could get. I dialed to focus ring all the way to the minimum limit, and moved in as close as I could. When I

Re: PESO: Soft

Yes, it looks very much like a caramel gelato dessert I had the other day. It is a gardenia bloom W A Y out of focus, and intentionally so. I kind of like it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com

Re: PESO: Soft

Appears you have most of an oof distorted face. G J - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:17:27 AM Subject: PESO: Soft http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17792819 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Soft

Not exactly, but one can see into anything that one can imagine. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Appears you have most of an oof distorted face. G J - Original Message - From:

Re: PESO: Soft

That reminds me of vanilla ice cream, and I got hungry. Nicely done! On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17792819 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: PESO - Soft

On 6/12/2010 6:26 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: This shot was taken in my backyard recently when the lighting was reasonably diffused. Pentax K20D, F 85/2.8 Soft ISO 100, 1/640 sec @ f/4.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00810.htm Comments welcome Oh, your-my-your preciou ;-)...

Re: PESO - Soft

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:48 -0700, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: This is how a soft focus lens renders bright areas. The wider the aperture, the more softened and highlights tend to halo like that. So no, post processing consisted only of very minor brightening, minor contrast

Re: PESO - Soft

Le 12/06/10 05:26, Bruce Dayton a écrit : This shot was taken in my backyard recently when the lighting was reasonably diffused. Pentax K20D, F 85/2.8 Soft ISO 100, 1/640 sec @ f/4.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00810.htm Comments welcome beautiful ... an eye candy !

Re: PESO - Soft

Totally well done, Bruce! Jack --- On Fri, 6/11/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: PESO - Soft To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:26 PM This shot was taken in my backyard recently

Re: PESO - Soft

Beautiful. Can one get the same effect by superimposing focused and OOF images? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 6/11/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: This shot was taken in my backyard recently when the lighting was reasonably diffused. Pentax K20D, F

RE: PESO - Soft

Bruce Dayton wrote This shot was taken in my backyard recently when the lighting was reasonably diffused. Pentax K20D, F 85/2.8 Soft ISO 100, 1/640 sec @ f/4.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00810.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce Lovely Bruce. One of those lenses went

Re: PESO - Soft

Like dominique says, beautiful eye candy. You've got to have a great portfolio of flower shots by now. I'd wonder about publishing them somehow. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Madame RD romd...@orange.fr wrote: Le 12/06/10 05:26, Bruce Dayton a écrit : This shot was taken in

Re: PESO - Soft

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:26 -0700, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: This shot was taken in my backyard recently when the lighting was reasonably diffused. Pentax K20D, F 85/2.8 Soft ISO 100, 1/640 sec @ f/4.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00810.htm Great subtle

Re: PESO - Soft

This is how a soft focus lens renders bright areas. The wider the aperture, the more softened and highlights tend to halo like that. So no, post processing consisted only of very minor brightening, minor contrast increase. That's it. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:33:12 PM,

Re: PESO - Soft Light

Le 20/04/10 03:35, Bruce Dayton a écrit : We are heavily overcast and rain will be coming in later this evening. Just about dusk I took this shot. Pentax K-x, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 ISO 2000, 1/200 sec @ f/9, tripod mounted http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-5.htm comments welcome

Re: PESO - Soft Light

Bruce Dayton wrote: We are heavily overcast and rain will be coming in later this evening. Just about dusk I took this shot. Pentax K-x, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 ISO 2000, 1/200 sec @ f/9, tripod mounted http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-5.htm comments welcome Bruce You are on a

Re: PESO - Soft Light

Very nice including the bokeh! Toine On 20 April 2010 03:35, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: We are heavily overcast and rain will be coming in later this evening.  Just about dusk I took this shot. Pentax K-x, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 ISO 2000, 1/200 sec @ f/9, tripod mounted

Re: PESO - Soft Light

Nice work. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: PESO - Soft Light We are heavily overcast and rain will be coming in later this evening. Just about dusk I took this shot. Pentax

Re: PESO - Soft Light

Thanks for looking and commenting. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 19, 2010, 9:08:37 PM, you wrote: KW Nice work. KW Kenneth Waller KW http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller KW - Original Message - KW From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com KW Subject: PESO -

RE: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24. februar 2007 16:00 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG In a message dated 2/22/2007 11:08:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 17

Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

In a message dated 2/22/2007 11:08:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I enjoyed the PAW #6 photo a lot ... enough that I assembled a little set of six images on the theme. Thought you might like to see them ...

Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

Hmmm, again I don't see the original message in my mailbox. Godfrey, there is certain timelessness in these shots. There is one Russian rock-song that I keep recalling looking at them. This song I love dearly. Anyway, this is wonderful body of art. Thanks! Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice

Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

Thanks Boris! :-) G On Feb 22, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, there is certain timelessness in these shots. There is one Russian rock-song that I keep recalling looking at them. This song I love dearly. Anyway, this is wonderful body of art.

Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

Nice work. Good job of varying the compositions while maintaining the geometric theme. I like them. Paul On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I enjoyed the PAW #6 photo a lot ... enough that I assembled a little set of six images on the theme. Thought you might like to see

Re: PESO - Soft Lights - GDG

Thanks Paul! G On Feb 17, 2007, at 5:21 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice work. Good job of varying the compositions while maintaining the geometric theme. I like them. http://www.gdgphoto.com/softlights/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Soft High key

Hi! BL Yuriy, I definitely like what I see. Perhaps going for uniform BL background could be an option. You did make me miss my 85/2.8 soft BL lens ;-). BL Boris I agreee with You. I did not know that You have missed Your soft lens. When I desided to buy this soft lense I looked a lot to

Re: PESO: Soft High key

Yuriy, I definitely like what I see. Perhaps going for uniform background could be an option. You did make me miss my 85/2.8 soft lens ;-). Thanks. On 11/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Me experiment with the high key combined with the soft focus. Any comments

Re: PESO: Soft High key

Very impressionistic. I like it. Just out of curiosity, did you also shoot it in a more conventional fashion? Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Me experiment with the high key combined with the soft focus. Any comments are wellcome!

Re: PESO: Soft High key

My sentiments, too. It is something I would further explore. -- Bruce Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 5:28:55 AM, you wrote: BL Yuriy, I definitely like what I see. Perhaps going for uniform BL background could be an option. You did make me miss my 85/2.8 soft BL lens ;-). BL Thanks. BL On

re: PESO: Soft Evenings

http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=118 There opens door and an old man sitting on a creaking chair starts to sing blues, accompanied by his banjo. None of this happens, but I'll wait a few moment more... Photograph with a soul that is. I love it. Roman. -- home

RE: PESO: Soft Evenings

I like it quite a bit. In this case the tilt works. You're right about the subtlety of the colors, although a well-done BW could also be quite nice. I'd love to see it larger and sharper. RE: Bridgeport ... have you ever gone out along the Walker river, following it east? Some great stuff out

re: PESO: Soft Evenings

Thanks, Roman. The elderly hound at his feet will first stretch and then fall asleep as he softly plays. ...yes, I think I can see it forming. Jack --- Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=118 There opens door and an old man sitting on a

RE: PESO: Soft Evenings

Thanks, Shel, This has only been wet printed and I guess I'm used to the bit of extra grain associated with the slightly darker scene and, possibly for that reason, don't like it as well sharper/brighter. I've tried it in the past and had to delete it. We stayed on the Walker while in Bridgeport

RE: PESO: Soft Evenings

I like this as well. Very nice. It conveys the soft imagery that the title suggests. The tilt is just wide-angle distortion. The horizon appears to be correct based on the degree of tilt at each side of center, so it doesn't bother me. In fact, it might enahnce it. It would be easy to correct

RE: PESO: Soft Evenings

No, I don't plan a leveling change. As it happens, I'm now comfortable with the current perspective. Wide angle distortion was what I was describing by referencing the FOV. I can image a hundred Summer evenings of quiet conversation interspersed by frequent quiet laughter. A happy image, as

Re: PESO: Soft Evenings

On Jul 6, 2006, at 8:02 AM, Jack Davis wrote: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=118 Lovely imaging, subtle colors and textures. I'd have liked to see just a little more in the composition, but it's nice as is. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Soft Evenings

i like all the details. run down bilding are always interesting to me becaues of all the junk sitting around to add to the picture russell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Soft Evenings

Somewhat tight perhaps. I climbed a fence next to a No Trespassing sign and did a ~nervous~ one shot take. This is all I got. Thanks for all comments. Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 6, 2006, at 8:02 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

Re: PESO - Soft

- Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: PESO - Soft If you want to emulate the old portraiture style, then short depth of field combined with spherical abberation is what is required, along with lighting that has a fairly rapid fall off. What do you mean by the last bit

Re: PESO - Soft

On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:47 PM, Gonz wrote: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg Its basically a gaussian of the original plus some level adjustment, on top of the original with about 20% opacity or so. I think it came out much better than the first, where I tried to get fancier by

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi, You might consider getting an old lens, like an Auto Takumar, which can be purchased for a reasonable price, especially if the front element has some cleaning marks. They are surprisingly sharp, however, compared to the effects of one of the soft lenses like the

Re: PESO - Soft

Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when the picture is taken, the actual depth of the image comes into play with the lens effect. When in PS,

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Adjusted version: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/soft.html The Gonz Original: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg The differences are subtle, apart from the crop, so, if you can, you might want to look at the two side-by-side. Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz [EMAIL

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Very nice, thanks. I see you touched up some of the blemishes, which I debated doing or not. The crop is also very interesting, giving more space to the right and not centering the face. Your crop looks alot better to me. I appreciate your efforts. I learned something. rg Shel

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Hmmm ... you didn't mention the slightly warmer tone ... were you not able to see it? It's subtle. If you view the pic in PS, which is a color managed space, the differences may become more apparent. Glad you found the crop to your liking ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz Very

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Here is a link to some casual portraits illustrating the range of softening available from the Pentax FA 85mm f2.8 Soft. lens: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/fa85_soft Regards, Jim

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

I didnt notice the tone. My LCD display here is not the best for viewing pics. At home I have a nice large color managed CRT which would probably show it. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hmmm ... you didn't mention the slightly warmer tone ... were you not able to see it? It's subtle. If you view

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Thats amazing. Thanks Jim. I shows a much larger soft effect than I expected at 2.8. I dont think you can achieve this with cheap normal lenses as has been mentioned. Jim King wrote: Here is a link to some casual portraits illustrating the range of softening available from the Pentax FA

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

A fat guy squinting in the sun??? -- Original message -- From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats amazing. Thanks Jim. I shows a much larger soft effect than I expected at 2.8. I dont think you can achieve this with cheap normal lenses as has been mentioned.

Re: PESO - Soft

- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re: PESO - Soft Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when the picture is taken

Re: PESO - Soft

William Robb wrote: I was going to comment on this earlier today, but was short of time this morning. I believe soft focus lenses are using uncorrected spherical abberation to create the effects that they produce. If you want to emulate the old portraiture style, then short depth of field

Re: PESO - Soft

- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: PESO - Soft William, Why not get an old uncoated M42 Tessar off eBay and use it on your digital? Should have quite the 'old-fashioned' look to it. Real Carl Zeiss Tessars are available in M42 mount pretty regularly on the Bay

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, 12:51:48, pnstenquist wrote: A fat guy squinting in the sun??? He's my financial advisor; I thought I'd put him to some honest work for a change! I'd just received the lens and wanted a subject for my tests of proper operation. A little softening did him a world of

Re: PESO - Soft

William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re: PESO - Soft Not bad. The effect is pretty good, but not exactly like a soft focus lens. I have seen many attempts with PS to duplicate and have yet to see the same thing. I suspect one issue is that when

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Gonz wrote: Oops wrong pic. It should have been: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg Gonz wrote: Another one with a similar technique as Soft, easier to do in PS. http://www.g0nz.com/images/ksoftaprox.jpg Comments welcome. rg I like k2 much more than k, which seems a little

Re: PESO - Soft

On 1/29/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont have a soft portrait lens. I've been looking for one for a while, but I keep missing them. Well, I figured I would try to use PS to aproximate the effect. Its hard. Those lenses are quite special. Here is an attempt using an older portrait

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

On 1/30/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops wrong pic. It should have been: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg I like this one even better than the first one! She has gorgeous eyes... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

frank theriault wrote: On 1/30/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops wrong pic. It should have been: http://www.g0nz.com/images/k2softaprox.jpg I like this one even better than the first one! She has gorgeous eyes... Thanks Frank. I like this one better too. cheers, frank --

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Thanks for the comments Derby. I think it might be useful to me to take a picture with a soft lens to see what it actually looks like vs the same picture using a normal lens. I might take up an offer that was made by a member to let me borrow one. The gaussian blur is only a layer that is

Re: PESO - Soft part deux (corrected url)

Hi, You might consider getting an old lens, like an Auto Takumar, which can be purchased for a reasonable price, especially if the front element has some cleaning marks. Right now I'm looking for one of those - one recently went for $37.00 on an auction site and was described as being in mint