It is a nice angle on the car but, the background is rather busy and it looks to frozen - not sure if it is just parked or driving along. The driver position seems to indicate movement, but the image does not. Also the saturation and contrast are a lot lower in this one.
I like the first better. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, August 25, 2006, 9:03:39 AM, you wrote: PJA> This is a bit more timeless. PJA> http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_chartreusecoupeii.html PJA> Technical Info.: PJA> Pentax *ist-Ds ISO 400 @ 1/350sec (Av) PJA> smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 AL[IF] @f4.0 (38mm) PJA> Notes: PJA> I wasn't going to post this one the focus was a bit off. It needs to be PJA> a bit in front of the driver to get the entire car in acceptable focus PJA> while rendering the background as sharp as possible for what I wanted to PJA> achieve , and even though the car wasn't moving very fast there's PJA> apparent motion blur in the taillights at full resolution. However I PJA> touched it up a bit and the problems aren't as noticeable at web resolution. PJA> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. PJA> The cat sig is coming down as soon as I verify that I'm attributing the PJA> next one correctly. I hope I haven't offend any cat lovers too much. PJA> -- PJA> Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as PJA> modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the PJA> same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no PJA> authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their PJA> material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats PJA> are mean for the fun of it PJA> P. J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

