Same thoughts on my part. -- Bruce
Saturday, July 22, 2006, 3:40:04 PM, you wrote: BW> That's a nice composition, and looks like a good photo. I always think BW> the sepia filter effect looks heavy-handed though. I would prefer a BW> much lighter touch with the sepia. BW> -- BW> Cheers, BW> Bob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Tom C >> Sent: 22 July 2006 23:01 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: PESO - Lost Beach >> >> This shot was taken on a Kenai Fjords glacier cruise last >> summer. It was a >> little gray and overcast at the time. The original exposure >> didn't thrill >> me like the image I saw through the viewfinder. >> >> The dead tree stumps are the remains of trees that were >> living and then >> snapped off in the 1964 earthquake/tsunami that struck the >> region. It was a >> 9.2 magnitude quake. It caused widespread destruction of >> property but >> killed only 115 people in Alaska because of the low >> population density and >> because it occured at 5:36 in the afternoon on Good Friday. >> >> (I had a book about earthquakes when I was 8 or 9 and there >> were pictures of >> the damage done in this quake. It's always fascinated me for >> some reason). >> >> On this version I desaturated the color, applied a sepia >> filter to it, and >> adjusted the curves. I was hoping for an old postcard >> effect, which I think >> adds some mood. >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4714423 >> >> Tom C. >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
