Thanks Larry.
The muted, low contrast colour scheme was a conscious decision to draw
attention to the face. It's a style thing.
I was disappointed to see that the cheap new muslin backdrop didn't
wrinkle up overnight. :-) I crammed it into its bag, squished all the
air out, but no luck. So it's
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
I don't know how it is on iPhones, but as far as I know, all
browsers there are using the same kit - for the core (made by Apple),
so, they are all likely behave similarly with respect to color
management.
Good point. I
Thank you Stan. Glad you like the colour scheme.
Yeah, that blue nail polish. :-) The focus was headshots, but of
course hands inevitably come into it and I hadn't noticed. Yet another
take-away lesson. In many other shots she's wearing colourful clothing
and the polish fits in (youthful,
Thanks, Igor.
Cutting off heads is a bit of a fashion, somewhat popularized by film
and TV and largely necessitated by the landscape orientation. An
overriding principle is to keep the eyes in the upper one third of the
frame, and the closer you frame the more head is going to get cut off.
And
Thanks, Paul! Chicago is fertile ground for photography.
Mark
On 8/19/2013 8:16 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Love these great pics of my hometown.
Paul via phone
On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:10 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
My wife and I spent a few days in Chicago earlier this month. I've
Thanks, Godfrey! I appreciate that coming from another frequent analog
photographer.
Mark
On 8/19/2013 8:29 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Lots of good photos, Mark!
Godfrey
On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
My wife and I spent a few days in Chicago earlier
Thanks, Bruce. Dreamland has me stumped - based on the surrounding
photos I pretty much know exactly where and when I took that image, but
have no recollection of it at all.
Mark
On 8/19/2013 9:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
A terrific gallery, Mark. All winners, but I especially enjoyed the
Don't know for Lightroom... In PS you go to Image - Adjustments -
Channel Mixer and set the Red channel to 100% blue and the blue channel
to 100% red.
Mark
On 8/19/2013 9:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 08:23:42PM -0400, Mark C wrote:
Interesting study. Have you tried
By the way... I know that Opera is planning on switching from their
own Presto browser engine to the open source Webkit engine (used by
Safari and Chrome). Anyone know if they have done that yet?
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A beautiful city, well captured in timeless B/W. Thanks for the virtual
visit.
Alan
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My wife and I spent a few days in Chicago earlier this month. I've
Thanks Dan. I'm happy that I can finally turn it into a print. gs
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www.GeorgesPhotos.net
www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
That is a very interesting and appealing image. You have a good eye
to
I really like the lighting Bruce.
It looks like you could also do a vertical format crop on her face and
get a nice tight head shot from of this same image.
gs
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Bruce Walker
No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-woodward-dream-cruise-a-perfect-day-for-cruising/
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No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
Damn!
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-woodward-dream-cruise-a-perfect-day-for-cruising/
I'm getting the print version soon.
ann
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That's a great read with super pics, Paul. Enjoyed that immensely.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Paul Stenquist
pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
On 8/19/2013 5:57 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
My boss, knowing I appreciate a good nature shot as much as the next
guy, forwarded me this incredible image. I believe it is going
viral, but if you haven't already seen it, it is worth a look. I?ve
seen
Thank you very much, George.
Yes, I agree, I'll try a couple of tight crops too. I want to invest
in one of those brackets that lets you quickly flip between landscape
and portrait without shifting horizontally as happens with my tripod
ball head. I'd have done more portrait orientations but for
I find the background distracting. My eye keeps being drawn to that
vertical fold.
It would help if the background were either (A) ironed; (B) wadded up
several times so that the wrinkles become completely randomized or (C)
out of focus.
C seems to work best, but B will do in a pinch.
On
I coudln't get it to load at first...
glad it finally cooperated - terrific article, paul!
I'm glad I'm getting the print version saved for me -- but
I'm sure there are not as many photos :-) what fun cars!
ann
On 8/20/2013 10:53, Bruce Walker wrote:
That's a great read with super pics, Paul.
Too many great photos to comment on individually. Over all it was more
like going to a photo exhibition than travel photos. Tall ships was
clever juxtaposition. Hanging In Millennium Park - The BW film look
and the two men in suits looked like something from the JFK
administration. Enough
Thank you, Don.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:
FWIW I agree with Larry about the wrinkled backdrop. The Shirt color doesn't
bother me and I know nothing about studio lighting but I think her face
stands out nicely, pose and expression great overall
FWIW I agree with Larry about the wrinkled backdrop. The Shirt color
doesn't bother me and I know nothing about studio lighting but I think
her face stands out nicely, pose and expression great overall effective
shot.
pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
Message: 11 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:33:27
Sounds like a great time from the article. Excellent choice for the
opening photo. BTW I fell flat on my face last Saturday while shooting
at the state fair when I stepped off a curb wrong. Camera fine, human
embarrassed.
pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
Message: 9
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013
Thanks Ann,
This dream cruise wrap is web only, although it could appear in next Sunday's
print edition. My article about Dave and Shirley Ziolkowski was in Sunday,
August 18th's print edition. Two different assignments.
Best,
Paul
On Aug 20, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Ann Sanfedele
Yeah, yeah, I'm getting the message, loud and clear: lose the wrinkles! :-)
I'm a guy, so A is _not_ happening. I let the backdrop hang all the
prior day and the wrinkles held. 'Course it was folded in its package
for who knows how long before I opened it. I might try my travel
steamer to see if
Background wrinkles rankle, as do blue nails. Both gone! Have another look ...
http://flic.kr/p/fy42fh
A straight-forward studio portrait of my niece, Sophie. Shot on
location in my sister's living room (she's a champ to put up with me
rearranging the whole thing).
I was also testing my latest
Mark:
Version 12.16 is based on Presto.
Version 15.x is based on Chromium
Strictly speaking, since Google forked Webkit and made Blink,
as far as I understood, Opera 15.x + will be based on Blink.
You can read people's impression of the first preview:
On 20/8/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-woodward-dream-
cruise-a-perfect-day-for-cruising/
Superb report and pics as always. That 34 Tudor is really nice :-)
Before you go soiling yourself, this is not a new Pentax model from
Ricoh. It is a camera I'm in the process of building. Some of you
might have seen the Fotodiox RhinoCam, which is a clever idea for
taking a series of overlapping images with a NEX7 across the image
circle of a medium format lens
A professional, well illustrated article, Paul.
Nice job!
Jack
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On 20/8/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
ahh - well the print article is being saved
I did manage to get the online version to load and I printed out the article
ann
On 8/20/2013 12:02, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Thanks Ann,
This dream cruise wrap is web only, although it could appear in next Sunday's
print edition. My article about
Imagine doing that over the plane from a nice Rodenstock or Schneider 4x5 or
larger format lens.
Probably the least expensive way might be an APO Nikkor 240mm. Covers
almost 8x10.
And process lenses are generally sharper than LF.
I'm dreaming.
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Bruce,
You pulled out her blue nails just for this photo?
Man, you are a sadist! ;-)
But I guess, with the top of the head chopped off, that probably doesn't
hurt any more. ;-)
On a serious note, - let me clarify my comment (after reading your
response in the previous thread). -
Yes, I know
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
BTW, the 2/3 rule that you mentioned is not followed in this portrait.
Hmmm. According to Lightroom's crop overlay, her eyes lie well into
the upper third of this image. Would you like to see a screen grab?
:-) Perhaps you
Pretty lady. Always a good thing. Well done.
Paul
On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Background wrinkles rankle, as do blue nails. Both gone! Have another look ...
http://flic.kr/p/fy42fh
A straight-forward studio portrait of my niece, Sophie. Shot on
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was fenderless
and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Paul
On Aug 20, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 20/8/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and
Hi All:
A friend of mine has been telling me about these korean-made monitors
(they are PLS which I was told is Samsung's version of IPS?)
that are based on Samsung's panels.
One can find them on e-bay, and 27 ones start from ~$280 or so.
I've heard of people who are very happy with them.
Most
on 2013-08-19 7:56 John wrote
I don't remember who makes it or if it's even still made, but there used to be
a good sturdy tripod on the market that one of legs could be removed used as
a mono-pod.
perhaps you are thinking of Tiltall? on newer/current Tiltalls, the bottom cap
of the center
On 20/8/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let me guess, it's name was Gibson ;-)
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I had to think about that one for awhile:-).
On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 20/8/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let me guess, it's name was Gibson ;-)
I had to think about that one for awhile:-).
Don't fret.
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on 2013-08-20 15:09 Igor Roshchin wrote
A friend of mine has been telling me about these korean-made monitors
(they are PLS which I was told is Samsung's version of IPS?)
that are based on Samsung's panels.
[...]
Does anybody here know the differences or knows any sort of forum/review where
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:29:34PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Also, - just a thought for your wrinkle problem:
If you let it hang for a while, you may want to sprinkle some water from
a windex-type spray bottle. Or, better yet, try a wrinkle-releaser:
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:40:50PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let me guess, it's name was Gibson ;-)
I had to think about that one for awhile:-).
Don't fret.
The
you da man
Dave
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Paul Stenquist
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No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
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The patrons at the a local coffee shop were treated to an impromptu country and
western sing-a-long when this young guy whipped out his guitar and started
playing the classics:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/kitchen-party-at-coffee-time.html?m=1
A good time was had by all.
Hope
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:40:50PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let me guess, it's name was Gibson ;-)
Would it be rude to suggest he has more strings than teeth? :) Great
shot, Frank.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:07 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The patrons at the a local coffee shop were treated to an impromptu country
and western sing-a-long when this young guy whipped out his
On 8/20/2013 20:07, knarf wrote:
The patrons at the a local coffee shop were treated to an impromptu country and
western sing-a-long when this young guy whipped out his guitar and started
playing the classics:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/kitchen-party-at-coffee-time.html?m=1
Thanks, Paul.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Pretty lady. Always a good thing. Well done.
Paul
On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Background wrinkles rankle, as do blue nails. Both gone! Have another look
on 2013-08-20 18:07 knarf wrote
The patrons at the a local coffee shop were treated to an impromptu country and
western sing-a-long when this young guy whipped out his guitar and started
playing the classics:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/kitchen-party-at-coffee-time.html?m=1
Maybe he means the Benro ones. I just received an eflyer from them today ...
http://www.benrousa.com/travel-series/travel-angel.aspx
http://www.benrousa.com/travel-series/travel-flat.aspx
Both convert to monopod. TravelFlat flattens down to a very low
profile -- pretty cool actually.
On Tue,
Much better without the wrinkles. The nails are still blue, though.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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From my nocturnal walk in London:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500458size=lg
(K-5, DA 16-45)
Rick
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Excellent pix and prose, as usual. Congrats!
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Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Dream Cruise Pics
Thanks Ann,
This
When my monitor for this computer died a week ago, I ended up buying an
AOC E2752Vh 27 LED monitor - about $250 + tax. It's Active Matrix TFT
instead of IPS/PLS. But it's a really bright, solid monitor.
I've got to make time to run calibration on it.
As usual with the way my life goes, *this
Could be. When I had a Tiltall, it didn't have the detachable leg. I
just remember seeing either a review or an ad for a tripod with a
detachable leg in either Popular Photography or Shutterbug.
I think I got about $90 for it when I sold it, and applied the money
towards a Bogen 3021.
It's
Probably not. That's a lot newer than my memory.
It was years ago I saw it, and the impression left in my memory is the
detached monopod was very much like the Gitzo G1564 monopod I have now.
It might have been the Tiltall, but at the time I had a Tiltall tripod
and it definitely did not have
It's fairly cheap easy to replace worn out strings.
On 8/20/2013 8:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Would it be rude to suggest he has more strings than teeth? :) Great
shot, Frank.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:07 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The patrons at the a local coffee shop were
I like this one a lot. Amazing light, shadows and geometry.
Cheers,
frank
Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
From my nocturnal walk in London:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500458size=lg
(K-5, DA 16-45)
Rick
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Lovely portrait.
Cheers,
frank
Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Much better without the wrinkles. The nails are still blue, though.
Rick
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These two don't appear to be having such a good time. ;-)
Jack
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The patrons at the a local coffee
A stunning gallery, Mark!
Not much else to say. Just beautiful.
Cheers,
frank
Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Thanks, Paul! Chicago is fertile ground for photography.
Mark
On 8/19/2013 8:16 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Love these great pics of my hometown.
Paul via phone
On Aug 19,
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/we-are-not-impressed.html?m=1
;-)
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
Cheers,
frank
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The geometry is quite complex but compelling. I like the composition as well.
Dan Matyola
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
From my nocturnal walk in London:
Very interesting characters, strongly portrayed.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:07 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The patrons at the a local coffee shop were treated to an impromptu country
and western sing-a-long when this
Hi!
I have the following CDs:
* Dark side of the Moon
* The wall
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If you want any of these - drop me a line off-list.
Thank you.
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Wonderful!
Cheers,
frank
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
No shot of my skinned knee, bloody elbow and broken lens hood:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-woodward-dream-cruise-a-perfect-day-for-cruising/
“Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
Thanks Cotty. I had a '34 Ford Tudor when I was a teen. But it was
fenderless and had a big Pontiac V-8 up front.
Let me guess, it's name was Gibson ;-)
I had to think about that one for awhile:-).
Don't fret.
The PDML is once again where we guitar puns.
Not one I would have
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