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[OM] Re: Digital workflow, was: Some OM-photos!

Subject: [OM] Re: Digital workflow, was: Some OM-photos!
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:20:41 -0300
I think I was at f/8. The Vivitar (Tokina) 17mm does a bit better at f8 
according to Gary's lens tests, so for something like this I usually just 
try to shoot at that aperture.

wayne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geilfuss Charles" <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Digital workflow, was: Some OM-photos!


>
> Fabulous shot Wayne. Good for you to have had a camera at hand
> and to have been there (don't know if you used f11).
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Culberson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Digital workflow, was: Some OM-photos!
>
>
>
> Along the same line of thought, some few weeks ago I took some photos of
> our
> church with a rather unusual rainbow in the background. Wanting to get
> in as
> much of it as I could, I used the 17mm on the OM camera. Some of our
> people
> wanted a print of it, as of course they were not here when it occured.
> Here
> is a scan of one of the pics that Dwayne's Photo did when they developed
> the
> E100VS for me. It is as sent from them, except for downsizing.
> http://pastway.smugmug.com/gallery/1485763#189330018
> I don't have the skills to straighten the perspective on the buildings,
> or
> remove the utility pole and wires, but I did play around some with
> exposure
> and saturation, etc. I had a few of the variations printed at Walmart,
> for
> the nice price of 19 cents each, and gave them to one of our folks at
> church
> to look at last Sunday. At that price, I've decided to make a copy or
> two
> for all of our folks, and just include them for free in our church
> bulletin.
>
> Of course the ones who've already seen the pictures mentioned
> enlargements.
> So I had to explain to them (not the easiest to get across) that
> standard
> enlargements would more or less ruin this picture, as both ends of the
> rainbow would be gone. It's harder for folks not into photography more
> than
> point-and-shoot level, to comprehend this. So I told them it could be
> done
> in say, 8"x12", but that would be somewhat higher in cost as it
> eliminates
> Walmart, and that also it would require a more expensive framing option
> than
> what you might grab at Walmart.
>
> Wayne (who would appreciate it if anyone wants to mooosterize the
> photos, as
> I'm not so good at it. I may try later to upload some full size.)
>
>
>> Hmmm.  I hadn't considered the 4/3 format problem with commercial
>> printers.  And the P&S cameras have the same problem since they're
>> almost all 3:4 ratio as well. Interestingly enough, when I mentioned
>> this to my son and daughter about their P&S pictures they were totally
>> unaware that their photos were being cropped.  They obviously don't
> pay
>> much attention to framing.
>>
>> I see that the E-410 (and presumably all the follow-ons) offer a 2:3
>> ratio but I don't know if that helps much if you can't see the framing
>> in the viewfinder.  Maybe John H can offer a new screen scribing
> service
>> to go along with his rule of thirds scribes on OM screens.  Even it
> you
>> didn't take the image in 2:3, if you framed it properly you could run
> an
>> automated cropping tool to control the final print.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
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