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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / December 2005As if anyone cares - more mediocrity
The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) So here's one of mine. http://tecphoto.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=12  SignatureAnonymouse > The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. > Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) > > So here's one of mine. > http://tecphoto.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=12 Well, that's a pretty cat. > The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. > Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) > > So here's one of mine. > http://tecphoto.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=12 Sleeping on the job? How cute. I love the photograph. This is the type that make it to Hallmark greeting cards. >>The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. >>Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How cute. I love the photograph. This is the type that make it to Hallmark > greeting cards. How very observant of you Robert. :-) SignatureAnonymouse? >> The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated >> mediocrity. Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > How cute. I love the photograph. This is the type that make it to > Hallmark greeting cards. "Your call is important to us. Please remain on the line and a customer service representative will be..." - Al. SignatureTo reply, insert dash in address to match domain below Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net > The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. > Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) > > So here's one of mine. > http://tecphoto.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=12 I get a connection timeout. Nothing shows. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. >> The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated >> mediocrity. Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I get a connection timeout. Nothing shows. Sorry Alan... In the middle of cyclonic winds here. Pretty rough weather and my link is only just restored. I'll move it to a USA server now and repost you a link. >> The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated >> mediocrity. Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I get a connection timeout. Nothing shows. I moved the picture to a more stable server in the USA. my own (where I put it) is just for web development and dog slow ATM. http://www.photosbydouglas.com/tec-photo.htm > I moved the picture to a more stable server in the USA. > my own (where I put it) is just for web development and dog slow ATM. > > http://www.photosbydouglas.com/tec-photo.htm Kind of a cutsey snapshot, a little too contrived. With an appropriate caption for Christmas, the usual "gush over cats" crowd will love it. There is a huge commercial market for such things (with a little more technical care in the photo quality and the scene). Seems a little warm. Highlights are blown. I've managed in all these years to avoid cat and dog photos (with a couple exceptions). It's certainly not something I'd chase after. On the other hand, probably much easier than 2 year old children. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. > Seems a little warm. Highlights are blown. Adjust your monitor, Alan. Unless it's a LCD screen and then it will look like the contrast is out of range but it prints correctly and that is after all what a photograph is. As for the clutter? Hell man how long do you think the drug would last? That was one killer scene to arrange and now you tell me it's cluttered? This colour thing is what happens when you let a Canon DSLR make it's own exposure and white balance calculations. I'm not on a crusade against Canon either. They really cannot handle auto white balance. Even this new 5D cannot accurately balance it's own colour. It can't easily handle rapid change in light intensity either. If you take a shot (AE exposure - 1/650th speed) in bright daylight and then turn the camera to an inside scene (1/90th), the first picture shot in the darker scene will be out of focus. OK for the second one and yes, the camera confirms focus but doesn't pull it. Same on a 1D Mk II. Something to do with the infra red beam used to grab focus, another Photographer told me. I can't remember exactly but I think it was a 10D or maybe a 20D picture. Anyway, it's one of my older stock, still in the catalogue but no longer revenue positive. I might do the Brett thing next year and fill up a Pbase server with all my redundant stock pics just so all you critics can have a field day or two. SignatureSqueak up or shut up. Anonymouse Alan> Seems a little warm. Highlights are blown. Douglas>Adjust your monitor, Alan. Unless it's a LCD screen and.. Douglas, what is it about blown highlights that you just don't get?? Check the h i s t o g r a m, that's HISTOGRAM. The highlights *are* blown, and if they are not blown in the original, then your post-processing is at fault. It's nothing to do with the monitor - whack an eyedropper over the whites in the hat, the phone, the papers... 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, ... And for further proof, the closest to a black is in the 50's.. It's simply overexposed. Douglas>..but it prints correctly and that is after all what a photograph is. Maybe it prints 'correctly', if all you have ever seen is one-hour processing. It *could* have been a nice pic.. Ah well, I guess the cat was just moving way too fast for Douglas to actually shoot it properly. You know what it is like when you are a photojournalist like Doug - everything happens in an instant - dodging crossfire, high winds, teeming rain/sleet/snow.... (O: >> Seems a little warm. Highlights are blown. >> > Adjust your monitor, Alan. Unless it's a LCD screen and then it will > look like the contrast is out of range but it prints correctly and that > is after all what a photograph is. Monitor is fine, thanks. But the left side of your image where the "white" phone looks a dull beige suggests it is warm. > As for the clutter? Hell man how long do you think the drug would last? > That was one killer scene to arrange and now you tell me it's cluttered? Basket rear left? > It can't easily handle rapid change in light intensity either. If you > take a shot (AE exposure - 1/650th speed) in bright daylight and then [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Something to do with the infra red beam used to grab focus, another > Photographer told me. Manual focus. > I can't remember exactly but I think it was a 10D or > maybe a 20D picture. Anyway, it's one of my older stock, > still in the catalogue but no longer revenue positive. I might do the > Brett thing next year and fill up a Pbase server with all my redundant > stock pics just so all you critics can have a field day or two. You can't afford me. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. >> The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated >> mediocrity. Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I get a connection timeout. Nothing shows. I moved the picture to a more stable server in the USA. my own (where I put it) is just for web development and dog slow ATM. http://www.photosbydouglas.com/tec-photo.htm Not a bad shot except for the background distraction. Take out the basket and put something else there like a picture of Santa Paws. > The king of mediocrity - Bret Douglas recently said he hated mediocrity. > Me too but despite that, I still look at his pictures :-) > > So here's one of mine. > http://tecphoto.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=12 Not Found The requested URL /gallery2/main.php was not found on this server. |
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