> > From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/06 Mon PM 12:51:16 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Pentax *ist DS at the Ball Game > > 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
That sounds like a certifiable kink to me. > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/2005 > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
