I like that picture. Here's a video of the dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48wDOalMLw
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 15 June 2007 20:06 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO -- Finale > > Now I remember, it's Apache, (I think). > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > Well, I've been lacking in any inspiration lately, as > evidenced by my > > most resent PESOs. So I decided to revisit some old images that I > > really wish had turned out better. This one had a couple > of problems. > > First and I couldn't do as much as I would have liked here, > the framing > > was off, I didn't know what the subjects were going to do > and as usual > > they did something other than what I expected. However I cropped a > > little closer and I guess it looks alright. Secondly the > light skin on > > the woman was a bit blown out, and I was unable to really > compensate for > > it in any of the raw converters I was using. However Raw > Therapee to > > the rescue. It was able to bring out detail in areas I thought was > > entirely lost. I think I'll be using it for most of the difficult > > images I have from now on. (On the other hand it's work > flow leaves a > > lot to be desired even compared to Pentax Photo Lab 1.0 > and RSE leaves > > it in the dust). That said it's capabilities at image > processing are > > nothing short of amazing, especially for a program that's > essentially > > free. Well I guess you're interested in the image. > > > > This was taken about a year ago at a Dance exhibition. > Some people may > > remember "Tango!" (I'll post a link in case anyone is > interested). It > > was a difficult lighting situation and my compromise > exposure rendered > > what I thought was a very strong image much weaker than I > would have > > liked. Well this one wasn't nearly as difficult a lighting > situation. > > In fact I pretty much nailed the exposure. But then again > the subject > > was more brightly illuminated than the background. However the > > composition bothered me more than anything else, it wasn't > exactly what > > I would have wanted. However here it is, the finale of a > particularly > > violent French dance, the name of which completely escapes > me, where the > > male throws the female around like a rag doll. > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_finali.html > > > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 > > > > Note: I really don't want to hear crap about the M85 being > unable to > > capture sharp images, it sure as hell out preforms a 6mp > sensor, and it > > shows that needing special "digital ready" lenses is just hype. > > > > P. S. I've been drinking Scotch, so sue me. > > > > P. P. S. Oh yea. Tango! > > http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_tango!%5Ba%5D.html > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my > cat is a dog. > > > -- > 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
