Moose wrote:
> My best wishes to all those affected by the loss.
Thank you, everybody, for the condolences. He was certainly a "larger
than life" kind of character. He left a tremendous legacy in his kids
and grand kids. I know that his daughter has his stubbornness.
> A great deal of potential there, many good subjects and compositions. With
> work, quite a few really excellent images.
> Maybe a book for family?
Yes, actually. Planning on it. I have almost 20 years of images of the farm.
> The tonalities seem to me workmanlike, straightforward, nothing wrong. But
> far from the tonal subtlety and smooth richness of Tina's MM diner scene or
> Bob's loving couple in NYC. Better in some of the landscapes than the barn
> work.
Agreed. Not bad, though, for out-of-camera, semi-default B&W settings.
Fortunately, I shot RAW+JPEG, so I've got everything to work with.
> I'm sure a lot can be done in post, but that camera is not superior for B&W
> right out of the box, based on what I see here.
Depends on the settings and lighting. I could have backed off the
setting a little bit, but this setting works better for the LCD on the
camera and gives a better representation of what I can do with it.
Still, it isn't bad. I was dealing with some harsh lighting, which
didn't give lots of subtlety in a Grade 4 1/2 representation.
> JPEG only??
RAW+JPEG. Quick turn-around was just the JPEGs. Eye-Fi card to the
rescue. Family was able to enjoy the pictures (which looked fantastic
on the iPAD) moments after we got back inside the house. For that, I'm
thankful for the bold settings as they looked more "complete" than a
friendlier to edit version.
> There are some nice ones with unrecoverable highlight detail that would be
> useful. 827 has foliage that can be almost recovered, but noooot quite, at
> least in the small size. 845 has some parts that can't be recovered, but they
> are natural high spots, so a good result is possible. Maybe the auto levels
> did some a disservice?
Everything is there in the RAW files. No blown highlights that would
negatively affect the editable version.
> The last one shows why we do cliches, it's lovely and restful to look at. A
> wall pic. A tiny bit of work will make it beautiful.
Thank you. I have it in a horizon low position too. Not sure which one
will end up being used. It's the type of shot that I like to crop to
square. It's a picture that I might end up printing for MIL.
I think my two favorites of the bunch are ...812 and ...822. There is
a LOT going on with that tractor. BTW, notice the frayed tire? It's
still holding air. Both remaining tractors still run--at least this
one did about five years ago.
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Ken Norton
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