Wigwam,
Welcome to the list!
PESO = picture every so often. Several people were doing the PAW thing
(picture a week) but I just couldn't produce anything that I'd show off
anywhere near that often soooo...
This one has some great elements but just doesn't complete the package for
me.
The background is ugly. Not your fault of course but it's still there.
Something about the position of the batter in relation to the ball feels
unnatural to me but the bat to ball relationship is really cool...
I do like the arm of the catcher sticking out from the side but I wonder if
it'd be better if I could see the mask and chest protector.
Anyhoo, keep posting photos here and check out the PUG.
Cory Waters
spending many an unproductive hour reading this list's messages since ~1998
man...that's a long time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wigwam Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:42 AM
Subject: PESO: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game
Not sure what PESO stands for, but I get the idea that if one wants to
share a photo with the group, this is the way to do it. Please correct
me if I'm actually asking to be debagged and radished instead.
I am a strange guy, I bought my *ist DS so I could mount my classic M42
lenses on it and use it like my Bessaflex TM in digital. So far, it
seems to be just what I was after. I also have other bad habits - I do
not have any Microsoft products, I use Linux and all the free software
that comes with it.
So I am trying to automate my workflow, using some tools that run on
Linux and scripting them in Perl. I am using exiftool, dcraw, and
imagemagick(convert) to take my raw PEF files and massage them into
something worth looking at. This one, however, I converted using the
UFdraw import tool in The Gimp (the Linux version of Photoshop). Direct
from .PEF to JPG, resized, some minor image level adjustment and USM
applied.
This was taken at the restored 1930's era baseball stadium in the little
town of Wilson, North Carolina where I live. Lens was a
cheap-n-cheerful Vivitar 200mm f3.5 shot stopped down to f5.6 or so.
Shutter speed, according to EXIF, was 1/500, AE used, ISO 200, Center
Weighted Metering. I should have used spot-metering, in retrospect. Oh
well.
Hope you like it!
http://www.cameramentor.com/jpg/baseball_001.jpg
Best,
Wiggy
http://www.growlery.com/wigwam
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