Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper

Thanks Christine! Glad you liked the rest of the site. The pepper is a test shot, but from what you read into it, maybe I should pursue it further. Have to get the tech right first tho. Peppercorns are great subject because of their amount of minute detail and ease to shuffle around. Jostein

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Well, I’ve never done stacking, so I can’t help you there, but I can say the detail on that peppercorn is amazing—and interesting—so much so I wish it were a solitary peppercorn standing tall and proud waiting for its portrait to be taken to show off all its wonderful detail. I don’t think it

Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper

On 28/4/16, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty is obviously not familiar with Tatsuya Tanaka's photography. :-) > >https://www.instagram.com/tanaka_tatsuya/ I have seen bits on occasion. Amazing stuff! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web

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-Original Message- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper Cotty is obviously not familiar with Tatsuya Tanaka's photography. :-) https://www.instagram.com/tanaka_tatsuya/ Jostein Den 28. april 2016

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m: Jostein Øksne > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:32 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper > > Cotty is obviously not familiar with Tatsuya Tanaka's photography. :-) > > https://www.instagram.com/tanaka_tatsuya/ > > Jostein >

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Or this big one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado Alan C -Original Message- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper Cotty is obviously not familiar

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Cotty is obviously not familiar with Tatsuya Tanaka's photography. :-) https://www.instagram.com/tanaka_tatsuya/ Jostein Den 28. april 2016 02.17.14 CEST, skrev Rick Womer : >Makes perfect sense to me! > >Just imagine very big peppercorns, or a very little guy

Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper

On 4/26/2016 1:44 PM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures, which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the focus area. Personally I don't like the sharp transition

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On 4/27/2016 6:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Rick Womer wrote: Makes perfect sense to me! Just imagine very big peppercorns, or a very little guy with sandpaper. I really don't want to think about Cotty sanding his peppercorns. I certainly don't want to think about how big they are,

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Rick Womer wrote: Makes perfect sense to me! Just imagine very big peppercorns, or a very little guy with sandpaper. I really don't want to think about Cotty sanding his peppercorns. On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Bill wrote: On 4/27/2016 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On

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Makes perfect sense to me! Just imagine very big peppercorns, or a very little guy with sandpaper. On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Bill wrote: > On 4/27/2016 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 27/4/16, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> It's as though a guy with sandpaper

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On 4/27/2016 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 27/4/16, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: It's as though a guy with sandpaper said "Ah, screw it" and walked off when he was just behind the front peppercorn. I admit that in all the years I have been on this list, these words I never

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Jostein wrote: Thanks for all the constructive comments! I'll try out to take an extra exposure at the back, with the lens stopped all the way down. Maybe that will look better. I agree with Rick's point about the foreground too. Maybe the same technique can be applied there. Maybe, as an

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Thanks for all the constructive comments! I'll try out to take an extra exposure at the back, with the lens stopped all the way down. Maybe that will look better. I agree with Rick's point about the foreground too. Maybe the same technique can be applied there. Jostein Den 26.04.2016 19.44,

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On 27/4/16, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >It's as though a guy with sandpaper said "Ah, screw it" and >walked off when he was just behind the front peppercorn. I admit that in all the years I have been on this list, these words I never thought I would read. -- Cheers, Cotty

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On 2016-04-26 11:44 , Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures, which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the focus area. Personally I don't like the sharp transition

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You could move the peppercorn a bit further back... Nice shot - a very novel and slightly surprising view of the peppercorn. I do agree about the rapid transition. I hope someone tells you the right answer. B > On 26 Apr 2016, at 18:45, Jostein wrote: > >

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Jostein, It doesn't bother me that the background peppercorns are much less sharp than the foreground one. What bothers me about the focus is the abrupt transition in the surface the peppercorns are resting on, from textured to softly smooth. It's as though a guy with sandpaper said "Ah, screw

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Interesting ... I agree with you about that sharp transition -though I'm not sure howmuch of my agreement is because you pointed it out or not... Certainly the foreground pepper is sharp as is appropriate for the subject :-) like the overall look - might like to see what it looks like with

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On 4/26/2016 11:44 AM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. I quite like it. The sudden transition makes it look like the background is a reflection. It's a very cool effect. This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures,

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Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures, which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the focus area. Personally I don't like the sharp transition between in-focus and

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Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. Can't you just be content making me feel bad about my lack of skill with landscape photography? This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures, which may be overkill but is at least

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It is an interesting and effective shot, Jostein. While the abrupt transition between in and out of focus areas is startling, I think it works well here. I'm not sure it would in other types of images, but in this one it fits. Is there any meaning, function or significance to the little bit of

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Very nice! Excellent subject and composition. I have not dealt with the transition question that you raise but you could try stopping down once you are past the primary subject (the pepper gain in front) to get a more natural DOF transition. Then either layer it in manually if the stacking

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Agree, Jostein! J - Original Message - From: "Jostein" <p...@alunfoto.no> To: "PDML" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:44:22 AM Subject: PESO - A few grains of pepper http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. This ph

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I think its surreal quality is a plus. If it were more natural in appearance, it would just be a shot of pepper. I like it. Paul > On Apr 26, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Jostein wrote: > > http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ > > Comments most appreciated. > This photo is an experiment

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Take a number of shots of the background grains and then place the single near grain in front and shoot. I've always been a simple person. J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 26, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 26/4/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >

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On 26/4/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ > >Comments most appreciated. >This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 >exposures, which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the >focus area. >Personally I don't like

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Quite a feat! I was about to comment on the sudden start of OOF and I noticed your note: >Personally I don't like the sharp transition between in-focus and OOF areas in >the picture I suspect it might have something to do with the stacking process. I doubt if I have ever seen such an abrupt

PESO - A few grains of pepper

http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/ Comments most appreciated. This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures, which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the focus area. Personally I don't like the sharp transition between in-focus and OOF areas in