Hi Brian: Finally got the name of the fire photog: Nick Moir: he shoots
for the Sydney Morning Herald. Sorry it took so long to get his name. I
had to find the DVD--& it took me a while. Cheers, Christine
http://viiphoto.ning.com/profile/NickMoir
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From: "Brian Walters" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: PESO - Where There's Smoke...
Hi Christine
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:36:27 -0600, "Christine Aguila"
<[email protected]> said:
That's a very dramatic image, Brian--and to my eye it looks pretty good
for
a scanned image. Focus Magic seemed to do a pretty good job with the
foreground buildings. Just FYI, it comes up a little dark on my monitor,
but still very dramatic frame. You know, I saw a piece on an Australian
Photojournalist who specializes in Australian fires. I'll try to get his
name for you--he seemed pretty young. He shoots film for fire
shots--though
he does do some digital work as well; back in the newspaper lab, he runs
the
film through a machine that develops the film & converts the frames to
digital--all in about 12 minutes--than does digital post-processing.
I'll
try to find his name tomorrow; I have to run through a DVD to find it.
Very
compelling shot, Brian. Cheers, Christine
Thanks. It was a pretty nervous time for many people. Nowhere near as
bad as this weekend's fires in Victoria, though. Currently 66 dead and
700 homes lost - and it's not over yet. I hope no PDMLers are involved.
I'll certainly be interested to find out more about that photojourno.
The image is dark - I was trying to hide the out of focus foreground as
much as possible :-)>
I also made a mistake about the technical details. I did shoot a
similar image on Ektar with the SFXn but I now find that this one was
actually on Fujichrome 100 with the Super A. I scanned the slide on my
old Epson 1650 Perfection scanner. I'll have to get a decent scan done
commercially.
Cheers
Brian
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Walters" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 9:25 PM
Subject: PESO - Where There's Smoke...
> Hi all
>
> Bushfires are an unfortunate fact of life in much of southern Australia
> in summer and are causing havoc in many parts of Victoria as I write
> (25+ dead, over 100 homes destroyed). Then there are the ongoing
> floods
> in much of Queensland.....
>
> Anyway, by coincidence I came across this image of one of the several
> fires in 1994 that destroyed property in parts of suburban Sydney.
> This
> one was in the Royal National Park about 40 km to the south of the
> centre of Sydney. I took the photo from my office building in Sydney's
> CBD.
>
> The original was on Kodak Ektar 100 (I really liked that film!) but the
> scan was pretty awful so I decided on a b&w conversion. I used Focus
> Magic to try to get some sharpness into the foreground buildings and
> then used mainly the red channel plus a bit of tonal adjustment here
> and
> there.
>
>
> http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/125130/Where_There039s_Smoke.html
>
>
> Comments, as always, most welcome.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Brian Walters
> Western Sydney Australia
> http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/
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