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Comment by Don posted on DIY Ring Flash at 07/09/2008 - 20:37
excellent stuff
Comment by Don posted on Some photos about London at 07/09/2008 - 15:29
don't forget your external flash units have af assist lights to help you get focus!
Comment by Don posted on Usage problems K200D at 07/09/2008 - 00:39
True and true...
thanx for the c&c. even with that lens...a little talc, and no touch ups...that is a 45 yr old woman....
that is an unfinished image. I also am playing with an umbrella I modified with some foil to creat a hotspot in the center with softer edges.....
straight from the camera to aperture, with only a vinette added.
now later, when i get some time, I'll touch up the skin, clone out the strap mark, and add a acid edged border that will crop it a little tighter.....and I'll updat it, but for now I got video projects rendering and tying up my computers, except for this older one, that doesn't have access to the aperture libray, or photoshop...
check it again later and see if it improves...
thanx for the c&c. even with that lens...a little talc, and no touch ups...that is a 45 yr old woman....
that is an unfinished image. I also am playing with an umbrella I modified with some foil to creat a hotspot in the center with softer edges.....
straight from the camera to aperture, with only a vinette added.
now later, when i get some time, I'll touch up the skin, clone out the strap mark, and add a acid edged border that will crop it a little tighter.....and I'll updat it, but for now I got video projects rendering and tying up my computers, except for this older one, that doesn't have access to the aperture libray, or photoshop...
check it again later and see if it improves...
Comment by Don posted on Pentax vs Penthouse at 06/09/2008 - 18:50
Here goes...
Shot my wife.....
Shot my wife.....
Comment by Don posted on Pentax vs Penthouse at 06/09/2008 - 16:51
Chris I see where you're coming from. I have cropped many a portrait like that. usually to take out a distracting background, or glare off a bald head... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
in this case, I liked it, but as you correctly said... tastes is all it is.
in this case, I liked it, but as you correctly said... tastes is all it is.
Comment by Don posted on Mono Portrait of Andy at 06/09/2008 - 15:14
Excellent work.
I'd love to see that kind of lighting on a low key backdrop....
solid blacks (eye, nose, neck and lip shadows) to solid whites (neck and glasses, and background) do compete with the texture and expression of a wonderful subject... but not enough that I'd call it a flawed......
I'd love to see that kind of lighting on a low key backdrop....
solid blacks (eye, nose, neck and lip shadows) to solid whites (neck and glasses, and background) do compete with the texture and expression of a wonderful subject... but not enough that I'd call it a flawed......
Comment by Don posted on Mono Portrait of Andy at 06/09/2008 - 11:10
So Gerri (my better half) tells me she's glad I'm addicted to Pentax.
Comment by Don posted on Pentax vs Penthouse at 06/09/2008 - 04:56
link
try:
flipfor mac
ffmpeg
streamclip
there are others you'll have to search for them on versiontracker....
you'll need to find something to convert the files to quicktime mov files is (hopefully) all.
try:
flipfor mac
ffmpeg
streamclip
there are others you'll have to search for them on versiontracker....
you'll need to find something to convert the files to quicktime mov files is (hopefully) all.
Comment by Don posted on Mac drivers for Optio S45 video? at 06/09/2008 - 01:01
as an early adopter of the pentax 28-200 when it first arrived, I had this same debate many times.
The image quality is fine for general purpose. same for the 18-250.
You buy it you'll love it. goto the store and try one on. fire a few shots, swap out for a 50 1.4, and any ltd, or 100mm macro 2.8.... take your card out of your camera and order some 12x18 or larger prints and compare them.
if you take the 18-250 out on a wedding job, as your main lens...you're banking your reputation on the chance that one of the brides friends, that has a nice camera isn't packing a couple decent primes, because if his/her prints turn out better than yours...good luck getting any referrals from the 70-300 people she had at her wedding.
I'm done. Good luck.
The image quality is fine for general purpose. same for the 18-250.
You buy it you'll love it. goto the store and try one on. fire a few shots, swap out for a 50 1.4, and any ltd, or 100mm macro 2.8.... take your card out of your camera and order some 12x18 or larger prints and compare them.
if you take the 18-250 out on a wedding job, as your main lens...you're banking your reputation on the chance that one of the brides friends, that has a nice camera isn't packing a couple decent primes, because if his/her prints turn out better than yours...good luck getting any referrals from the 70-300 people she had at her wedding.
I'm done. Good luck.
