I need to start over witht he settings anyway, my photos can only improve :-)
gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO The Brawley You trust me not to completely mess up your settings? Brave lad! :-) On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll bring it on Fri, will leave it with you for a week? > I will use Pat's K100D in meantime or the WG2. > > gerrit > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:48 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GESO The Brawley > > Thanks, Gerrit. I'm actually quite interested to work with a K-5 for a > bit to see just how it differs from the K20D. > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: >> You are welcome to borrow mine anytime! >> >> Gerrit >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker >> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 9:05 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: GESO The Brawley >> >> Thanks, Christine. And you can be sure that if I had a K-5 I'd have >> used > it. >> :-) >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Christine Aguila >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Very nice set, Bruce. Just curious though--why use the K20D and not >>> your K-5? Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> On Jun 12, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the >>>> opening of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening >>>> night band, dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. >>>> Here's a small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 >>>> finals delivered to The Brawley brass): >>>> >>>> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie The Brawley Opening >>>> >>>> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135. >>>> >>>> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a >>>> used >>>> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and >>>> wielded by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash >>>> exposure assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set >>>> the shutter to let in ambient room light about two stops below the >>>> key. When WB adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a >>>> blue tint to give it that cool look. >>>> >>>> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed -- >>>> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but >>>> I'm not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities >>>> shots would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The >>>> Top just isn't good enough. :-) >>>> >>>> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200. >>>> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean >>>> up nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even >>>> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit >>>> some of my "lost" K100Ds shots.) >>>> >>>> >>>> Comments welcome, as always. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and >> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and > follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
