Re: PESO -- Successful Fisherman err Fisherbird.

[Jack Davis]

Semi dark background is likely to
blame for clipped white. 
I've always had a flare for the obvious. :-)

J

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> On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:39 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I try to keep about 1/3 stop UNDER-exposure dialed in just because
> digital seems to me so close to shooting transparency film. And it's
> something that can easily be fixed in post if the image turns out to be
> too dark.
> 
> If it were my image, I'd crop in quite a bit. There's not really enough
> of the bird in the fore-ground reflection, so it doesn't add to the
> image. And I'd probably take the time to clone out that fence.
> 
> It's a beautiful bird though.
> 
>> On 9/14/2016 5:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>> Well I was just driving along minding my own business when I saw this
>> guy out of the corner of my eye, in a pond not 20 feet from the road.
>> Of course when I got out to the car to take his portrait, he immediately
>> flew to the opposite side of the pond, but a little patience was
>> rewarded when he caught a fat fish.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20successful.html
>> 
>> 
>> Now the bad part, I shot half the images at really high ISO with an
>> extra stop of exposure dialed in because I forgot to reset everything
>> after using the camera yesterday.  Even after correcting the ISO issue,
>> I didn't notice the extra stop of exposure until after I finished
>> shooting, so I blew out all the whites, (shooting a white bird, go
>> figure).  Finally in spite the fact that not only did the bird appear to
>> be in focus in the viewfinder, and the center spot AF gave a nice green
>> glow to the hexagonal focus confirmation spot anytime I placed it
>> squarely on bird, the best focus is still about a foot in front of the
>> bird.  How the heck are you supposed to correct for front focus in a
>> manual focus lens anyway...
>> 
>> So I processed the image with a faux Kodachrome 200 look using DXO
>> Filmpack, because heck, with Kodachrome almost no one managed to not
>> blow out the whites.
>> 
>> Equipment: Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.
>> 
>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
> 
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Re: PESO -- Successful Fisherman err Fisherbird.

[John]

What does it matter whether the glass is half full or half empty.

On 9/14/2016 6:02 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

Ask an optometrist,  P. J. ;-)

J

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On Sep 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

Well I was just driving along minding my own business when I saw this guy out 
of the corner of my eye, in a pond not 20 feet from the road.  Of course when I 
got out to the car to take his portrait, he immediately flew to the opposite 
side of the pond, but a little patience was rewarded when he caught a fat fish.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20successful.html

Now the bad part, I shot half the images at really high ISO with an extra stop 
of exposure dialed in because I forgot to reset everything after using the 
camera yesterday.  Even after correcting the ISO issue, I didn't notice the 
extra stop of exposure until after I finished shooting, so I blew out all the 
whites, (shooting a white bird, go figure).  Finally in spite the fact that not 
only did the bird appear to be in focus in the viewfinder, and the center spot 
AF gave a nice green glow to the hexagonal focus confirmation spot anytime I 
placed it squarely on bird, the best focus is still about a foot in front of 
the bird.  How the heck are you supposed to correct for front focus in a manual 
focus lens anyway...

So I processed the image with a faux Kodachrome 200 look using DXO Filmpack, 
because heck, with Kodachrome almost no one managed to not blow out the whites.

Equipment: Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

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Re: PESO -- Successful Fisherman err Fisherbird.

[John]

FWIW, I try to keep about 1/3 stop UNDER-exposure dialed in just because
digital seems to me so close to shooting transparency film. And it's
something that can easily be fixed in post if the image turns out to be
too dark.

If it were my image, I'd crop in quite a bit. There's not really enough
of the bird in the fore-ground reflection, so it doesn't add to the
image. And I'd probably take the time to clone out that fence.

It's a beautiful bird though.

On 9/14/2016 5:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

Well I was just driving along minding my own business when I saw this
guy out of the corner of my eye, in a pond not 20 feet from the road.
Of course when I got out to the car to take his portrait, he immediately
flew to the opposite side of the pond, but a little patience was
rewarded when he caught a fat fish.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20successful.html


Now the bad part, I shot half the images at really high ISO with an
extra stop of exposure dialed in because I forgot to reset everything
after using the camera yesterday.  Even after correcting the ISO issue,
I didn't notice the extra stop of exposure until after I finished
shooting, so I blew out all the whites, (shooting a white bird, go
figure).  Finally in spite the fact that not only did the bird appear to
be in focus in the viewfinder, and the center spot AF gave a nice green
glow to the hexagonal focus confirmation spot anytime I placed it
squarely on bird, the best focus is still about a foot in front of the
bird.  How the heck are you supposed to correct for front focus in a
manual focus lens anyway...

So I processed the image with a faux Kodachrome 200 look using DXO
Filmpack, because heck, with Kodachrome almost no one managed to not
blow out the whites.

Equipment: Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.



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Re: PESO -- Successful Fisherman err Fisherbird.

[Jack Davis]

Ask an optometrist,  P. J. ;-)

J

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> On Sep 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> Well I was just driving along minding my own business when I saw this guy out 
> of the corner of my eye, in a pond not 20 feet from the road.  Of course when 
> I got out to the car to take his portrait, he immediately flew to the 
> opposite side of the pond, but a little patience was rewarded when he caught 
> a fat fish.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20successful.html
> 
> Now the bad part, I shot half the images at really high ISO with an extra 
> stop of exposure dialed in because I forgot to reset everything after using 
> the camera yesterday.  Even after correcting the ISO issue, I didn't notice 
> the extra stop of exposure until after I finished shooting, so I blew out all 
> the whites, (shooting a white bird, go figure).  Finally in spite the fact 
> that not only did the bird appear to be in focus in the viewfinder, and the 
> center spot AF gave a nice green glow to the hexagonal focus confirmation 
> spot anytime I placed it squarely on bird, the best focus is still about a 
> foot in front of the bird.  How the heck are you supposed to correct for 
> front focus in a manual focus lens anyway...
> 
> So I processed the image with a faux Kodachrome 200 look using DXO Filmpack, 
> because heck, with Kodachrome almost no one managed to not blow out the 
> whites.
> 
> Equipment: Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.
> 
> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
> 
> -- 
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> immortality through not dying.
> -- Woody Allen
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PESO -- Successful Fisherman err Fisherbird.

[P.J. Alling]

Well I was just driving along minding my own business when I saw this 
guy out of the corner of my eye, in a pond not 20 feet from the road.  
Of course when I got out to the car to take his portrait, he immediately 
flew to the opposite side of the pond, but a little patience was 
rewarded when he caught a fat fish.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20successful.html

Now the bad part, I shot half the images at really high ISO with an 
extra stop of exposure dialed in because I forgot to reset everything 
after using the camera yesterday.  Even after correcting the ISO issue, 
I didn't notice the extra stop of exposure until after I finished 
shooting, so I blew out all the whites, (shooting a white bird, go 
figure).  Finally in spite the fact that not only did the bird appear to 
be in focus in the viewfinder, and the center spot AF gave a nice green 
glow to the hexagonal focus confirmation spot anytime I placed it 
squarely on bird, the best focus is still about a foot in front of the 
bird.  How the heck are you supposed to correct for front focus in a 
manual focus lens anyway...


So I processed the image with a faux Kodachrome 200 look using DXO 
Filmpack, because heck, with Kodachrome almost no one managed to not 
blow out the whites.


Equipment: Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

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