Looks good to me.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/17/2011 12:11 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> But seriously, even if you can't commit to a vacation with one body and
> lens, give it a try on shorter sojourns. Unless, of course, you choose to
> listen to that pesky and eminently sensible Moose and follow _your_ heart.
> <wink>
>
>
> Anybody else on this list just completely fed up with Moose's sensibility?
> There are few things as frustrating as arguing a point with somebody who has
> logic down to an artform. Logic is fine if you are logical. But can't I be
> illogical once in a while?
>
> Picture me standing up on a wooden crate yelling "I've got to be MEEEEE!"
>
> But, nooooooo, the Moose wins with logic and reason again! It's just so
> frustrating.
>
> :)
>
> To frustrate the faceless-crowd, here is a link to a photo taken Sunday with
> my L1-equipped macro rig.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31400175&l=bbb50f78a5&id=1530130130
>
> What is significant about this picture is two-fold. First of all, it is a
> B&W of a decidedly color image. I'm sure some will lament the lack of color,
> but the image works for me.
>
> Secondly, this was shot with a new configuration for me. It's the Vivitar
> 285HV with FlashBender. As previously mentioned, I set out to stretch myself
> and this picture is an example of the results of that stretching.
>
> Moose will probably want to "Moosify" the image a little and that's OK,
> except this fulfilled the mission I wanted to accomplish. If this was a real
> gooey print, I'd make the petals glow a little more, but I'm quite intrigued
> by the wide, smooth tonal range. It does violate my golden rule of B&W
> imagery where you need an anchor white and an anchor black, but by
> stretching the histogram that far, it changed the song from melodic
> love-ballad to in-your-face Hip-Hop. I've viewed it on five different
> computer screens and an iPad. No two render it the same way, but the iPad
> version is closest to how I wanted it to look.
>
> AG
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