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<p>I'll put up two this week. The first is an old one, taken in December of 1987 in Florence, Italy, with a Pentax MX, M 50 f/1.7 on Kodachrome, then "scanned" with my K20D and DA35.</p>

<p><img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/photos/683129210_b6nvf-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>I thought this next one turned out out not too badly for handheld, 1/50 sec at ISO 800, with the DA55-300 wide open (f/4.5) at 170mm. Too bad I had to shoot through dirty glass to get this, at the San Diego Zoo reptile house yesterday.</p>

<p><img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/photos/684138350_JDgeR-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<p>Thanks for all the comments guys. Great to be back (thanks for the encouragement Mis!). Love this thread. Where's Justin?</p>

<p>Tony Evans - about the shot. It was indeed handheld in the gathering gloom of the jungle next to the beach. She was selling shell necklaces to my wife and friends. Exif - ISO 640, f 2.8, 1/250 sec, aperture priority mode. So actually it was a fairly fast shutter speed for a 100mm lens.</p>

<p>Lot's of stuff to enjoy here, but one or two need individual mention:</p>

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<li>Michael - Kubota 4 is stunning!</li>

<li>Camus - Graveyard flight is amazing.</li>

<li>Bob Colameco - Love the first shot of the fisherman. Looks cold, but inviting.</li>

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<p>DC,<br>

Love the composition, colour and subject presentation. Does not look like +2 EV :). Whether the M series meter properly or not on the modern Pentax D cameras is a "lucky dip". It depends on the the focal length, widest aperture and actual exposure setting. Most times it is within say +/- 1/2 - 1 stop of correct and users often conclude that stopped down metering is working. I have checked my M lenses against my Spot Meter and found the camera is often close, but depending on the factors mentioned, can be 2 - 3 X out, usually in over-exposure. I have found that even Green buttoning with the lens wide open, and then converting to the desired exposure, is often close, but can be well out and the error seems to be EV related. (I should say that on my K20D with an A lens, the green button (spot mode) is always in very close agreement with my Spot Meter). I love my M lenses, but always Spot Meter.</p>

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<p>Gotta love how this week's images are of a high quality. My picks and appreciations:<br>

<br /> Howard T--I've been looking at that first one since early Sunday and still really dig it. I like how it moves from left to right and down in artful strokes. Plus the texture.</p>

<p>Camus-Urban rain is urbane. I'd lighten the black outfit a tad. Nice geometry to the shot. Graveyard flight tells an intriguing story and I like the darker tones. Clever stuff.</p>

<p>Garry Ian Y-Helluva portrait there. The tones rock too. I would assume that you needed to be patient but it was very much worth it.</p>

<p>Bob M--These are among the best shots of yours I've seen. The colors, lighting, and depth of the scene are well done.</p>

<p>Robert C-The fisherman shot is truly excellent. So much there and nicely rendered.</p>

<p>Hin-Bear Bear's beauty is beholden! My only grip is the lack of a right ear tip, but your shooting skills have improved very nicely.</p>

<p>Tyler-I like the colors of your picture of the boys; it would have been nice to have shot them from below and to their right a bit so we can see their faces and expressions better.<br /> Martin E--Factory is very cool. Love the colors and mood and would think it deserves a large frame. And that tree.</p>

<p>Jack B--That's a fun snake shot, the textures are well placed, but I especially like the snake's bearing.</p>

<p>Javier-Chips is a little different from your usuals and I like it. I'm very impressed with the picture of Wilbur Dean Crocket, the angle of the shot and how you preserved his dignity. Your street work is becoming more refined.</p>

<p>Frank- those scans are way better than I expected.</p>

<p>DC C--A very deft picture of the church, in fine light. It is satisfying to see places I'd never get a chance to see otherwise.</p>

<p>Thank you Robert, Dave H., Mis, Martin E, Tony E, Howard T, Jonathan R, and Garry Ian Y for your kind words. Mis, I will hang a large version of Kubota 4 pretty soon. A smaller proof passed muster yesterday. Howard, the area around no. 2 was very special. I hung out there for quite a while taking the art of the landscape in. I also have a sepia-toned version of this shot I'll post eventually.</p>

<p>To answer questions, the original had both too much light in the background and too little light up front (I only had my ring light with a guide number of 14, and the exposure was too slow to use it). My remedy was to increase some fill and selectively dodge the background. In Lightroom I applied a preset I had developed earlier for bringing out richer color from cedar trees, and upped the contrast as well. This image would have gone in the trash if I had shot the original in jpeg, but RAW provides exponentially more working space. And nope, I never envisioned B&W for this one, the rich cedar color is one of those essential Pacific Northwestern attributes that I love.</p>

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<p>Tony Evans: Many thanks for comments on spot metering. Will the spot metering on the DSLR suffice? I don't have a separate spot meter but the Sverdlovsk 4 meter I used occasionally with the Pentax MX SLR is semi-spot.<br>

The untreated jpeg from the dng file is now attached (I trust!) at a smaller-than-permitted resoluton. It shows the overexposure and a cast from the <em>cloudy </em>setting which I use now and then to preserve the colour of the sun at dusk.<br>

Michael Elenko: Being in lesser-known places usually has some virtues. Although, these monasteries are on the UNESCO list, I had never heard of them before I came to this country. They deserve to be known better but tourism, badly needed as it is, should try to preserve their character. Not always an easy task. Tourists have destroyed more objects of pilgrimage without intending to than the waves of conquerors before them who had that intent.</p><div>00UnTD-181933584.jpg.a8f0a32e8e80a508fa9aa2ba835d733b.jpg</div>

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<p>This week I very much like :<br />Howard Tarragon that first 'abstract'<br />Michael Elenko Kubota 4<br />Camus Wyatt War Memorial steps<br />robert colameco rowing by the full moon (ofcourse...)<br />Martin Engineer factory<br />Yvon Bourque after the sunset <br />.<br />Well, after weeks without, I finally came (back) around my camera.<br />a view on telecommunication :<br /><img src="http://static.zoom.nl/0870FFD695B4D43D76F617BC6D70CD47-telecom2.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="470" /><br />.<br /><img src="http://static.zoom.nl/E2711EAE88C1810227D753AF29920E13-telecom1.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="451" /></p>

<p>whatever exif, was totally overruled by the pp :)</p>

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<p>Here are my two architectural photos this week, experimenting with perspective correction in Gimp...</p>

<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4035035029_919a3d964c_o.jpg" alt="" /><br>

K20d @ ISO100. DA 55-300 @ 135mm. f/6,7 - 1/250s</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/4035789552_791313cfb5_o.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="435" /><br>

K20d @ ISO100. DA 55-300 @ 55mm. f/4,5 - 1/350s</p>

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<p>Trying a new post process technique by adding vignetting to add a more dramatic feel and to remove any distraction of the background. I included a hint of the red rose in the background as a sort of "reflected" or "double image"<br>

This is a "Gold Medal" rose especially released for the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. <br>

K-7 + FA77 f1.8 @ f11, 1/80, ISO200, monopod, SR.<br>

<img src="http://ic2.pbase.com/g5/21/489821/2/118656498.z3rid1Ka.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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