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While my father took family photos on the beach with his Nikon, I

snuck behind the sea grass and took this picture of the whole group

with my little Leica CL. C&C welcome. Cheers, Jay

I am shooting film again with a wonderful little Leica CL and a 40 mm

F2 lens. I love digital but am also enjoying the photos I get from

film. They have a slightly different feel as my approach to them is a

bit different...I shoot less but get more keepers. C&C welcome on

this and my other new shots.

 

Post on this after scan: one adjustment layer for levels, separate

layer with subject and tree slected out and shadows released with a

broad tonal curve.

 

Cheers, Jay

This is great, every ounce of the cold. Cheers, Jay

And brave to shoot it. Keep shooting. Cheers, Jay

Thanks as always for the kind words and encouragement, Tim. I am glad to hear you are doing well with your photography. Cheers, Jay

...how much I love this photograph. I also realized I'd never left a comment on it, which is my omission. There is so much that is right about this, but mostly it speaks to a relationship between man and hound that is longstanding, affectionate, and unique among all earth's species. The color palette is just perfect, too...did you have to monkey with it or no? My Nikon gives me Mardi Gras, when sometimes I am looking for the hangover...

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

You have some of the most magnificent, humorous photos I have seen in a long, long time. But some of your recent work, this included, is just crap. Did you put this here as a joke? Did you want to mix clearly unrelated color palettes and lighting so you could see the photo.net folks respond to yet another HDR monstrosity in typically uniform approval?

 

Delete this.

 

Jay

Often in flour mills of the 1700's to 1800's I have encountered very attractive eastern european women looking at me provocatively. Thank goodness someone has captured these women, and their silent struggles! Cheers, Jay

This is very close to where I live in Boston. Great photograph. Cheers, Jay

Lovely shot. Cheers, Jay

Thanks for the kind words and for continuing to be such an inspiration in your own photos. I do not own this idea...no need to credit me at all when you find the right scene. Bask in the glory yourself my friend!

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

I'm sorry but this is nearly perfect. If I were to monkey with the post, I would say maybe release the shadows on the cyclist. But that is nitpicking as this is really an exceptional image. Cheers, Jay

Dr. A,

 

This is a gorgeous photo. It has a portrait like quality to it and works on a couple of levels: symmetry, sentimentality...is is inviting on a human scale andin harmony with the cold surroundings. Keep shooting...so incredible hwo you continually improve. Cheers, Jay

Beautiful animal, great photo. Cheers, Jay

Jeff,

 

I am going to respond to this with the song that started pumping through my head when I saw it. "Natural Ghost" by alt-country-rock-punk artist Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals. It's from a very recent album called Cardinology (magnificent album). If you are inclined, dig up the song on iTunes and give it a listen.

 

Could I compare it instead to an experience instead of a song? It would be on strangely warm sunny fall day I spent in Central Park where I took a nap in a field and fell asleep admiring the leafless trees from the little window holes in my Red Sox hat, which I had pulled over my head.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

This is incredibly pretty...amazing how hopeful this makes me.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

 

Did it add to the tantrum that you decided to take a picture of it? I remember I threw a tantrum when I was five and my Dad desided to take a picture as I did it...then I went totally ballistic.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

 

 

Sigma 10-20, @ 10mm (15mm equivalent), ISO 250, F8, 1/13s handheld. RAW capture. 4 layers: USM (45%, 7.5px, 4 thresh), one levels layer, 2 blended curves layers for highlight and shadows.

Lensbaby shot? I have been toying with my own lensbaby a bit again.

 

Fun, love the color palette. Lately I have been pushing my own photos toward monster color or else desaturating them...no middle ground in the last few weeks. I should post more.

 

Did you shift the palette or just the saturation?

 

Jay

Nice composition. I always like your work...

 

Maybe I would unmask a bit of the shadow detail in those rocks, maybe not.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

The tonality in the bottom half of the structure trumps the second attempt. Nice photo.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

For some reason no shadow detail is visible in the smaller version p.n show, so please click on the image to see it blown up and the shadow detail of the passengers is a little more apparent. This loses all sorts of detail in making at 72 dpi version for here...printed this is much more real and less digital looking. Of interest, the camera really doesn't know WTF to do whenthere are two parts of the scene that would benefit from different white balance. This is a great reason to shoot raw: you can duplicate the file, change the WB separately in camera raw for each part, then open each one, convert to a photoshop document, and overlay them. Presto! A more consistent WB.

 

Blown up, the girl next to the window looks very eerie...and she did on the boat, too...

 

Cheers,

 

Jay

By way of explanation: I focused on the spray soaked window instead of the passing ferry (which was kind enough to reflect the afternoon sun). I had a few seconds to try this in a few different ways and this rather abstract version is, I think, the one I kind of like the best. It may work better geometrically if I were to center the boat on the diagonal plane. Thoughts? Tero? Cheers, Jay

...is her hand where I think it is?

Tero...

 

I will not comment too much on the composition and impact, the comments above me did all of the heavy lifting in that regard. Suffice to say, incredible.

 

The quality of the file is just great...very sharp without looking overprocessed. The square format is perfect for the symmetry.

 

Cheers,

 

Jay