[SI] Dusk or Dawn is available mid day!

The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.

On 2011-09-13 23:40:58 +0100, Bowser said:

The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Please note: I haven't changed my name to Dawn Petera, but someone did

On 9/13/2011 11:33 PM, Pete A wrote:
On 2011-09-13 23:40:58 +0100, Bowser said:

The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Please note: I haven't changed my name to Dawn Petera, but someone did


Yeah, Yahoo's mail system munged the file names, do I improvised.

On 9/13/2011 6:40 PM, Bowser wrote:
The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.


Oops. I think I accidentally sent you three images that were not
intended to be sent to the SI.

They are the images labeled c26. I see you got the correct ones too.
It's OK if you leave them up, but they really are OT.


--
Peter

On 2011-09-13 20:40:15 -0700, PeterN said:

On 9/13/2011 6:40 PM, Bowser wrote:
The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.


Oops. I think I accidentally sent you three images that were not
intended to be sent to the SI.

They are the images labeled c26. I see you got the correct ones too.
It's OK if you leave them up, but they really are OT.

I was thinking that myself.
There was a WTF moment when I saw those and tried to see how "dusk or
dawn" was going to fit.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 9/14/2011 12:09 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-09-13 20:40:15 -0700, PeterN said:

On 9/13/2011 6:40 PM, Bowser wrote:
The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.


Oops. I think I accidentally sent you three images that were not
intended to be sent to the SI.

They are the images labeled c26. I see you got the correct ones too.
It's OK if you leave them up, but they really are OT.

I was thinking that myself.
There was a WTF moment when I saw those and tried to see how "dusk or
dawn" was going to fit.


They obviously don't. I had been wondering why there was no
acknowledgement from their intended destination, and to be resent. Now
the mystery is solved.

--
Peter

On 9/13/2011 11:40 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 9/13/2011 6:40 PM, Bowser wrote:
The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.


Oops. I think I accidentally sent you three images that were not
intended to be sent to the SI.

They are the images labeled c26. I see you got the correct ones too.
It's OK if you leave them up, but they really are OT.



Dumped. Shoulda seen that.

On 9/14/2011 9:39 AM, Bowser wrote:
On 9/13/2011 11:40 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 9/13/2011 6:40 PM, Bowser wrote:
The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Give the Shoot-In a try! Read all about it he

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/rulzpage

FYI: thanks to a request in one of the newsgroups, I've done a little
digging into the feasibility of increasing the max image size, and I
think we're OK to increase it. I'll post the new size limit in a
separate posting. Pbase has adjusted their limits (based on dollar
value) so we'll follow suit.


Oops. I think I accidentally sent you three images that were not
intended to be sent to the SI.

They are the images labeled c26. I see you got the correct ones too.
It's OK if you leave them up, but they really are OT.



Dumped. Shoulda seen that.

Sorry about the bad address.


--
Peter

On 2011-09-13 15:40:58 -0700, Bowser said:

The Dusk or Dawn gallery is posted, and it's a very healthy gallery,
too. Some nice shots in there. Take a look, and offer a friendly
critique, if you dare.

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/duskdawn

Well, there still seems to be some life in the SI and we had quite a
variety of ideas beyond those typically expected of dusk/dawn shots.

Bowser:
#1; The pano, I like this and the quiet sense of place and time it evokes.
#2; Another nice shot showing us an early morning, fresh & deadly amanita.
#3; Fair enough shot, but this one does not work for me. It seems murky
in some way, with composition and crop which is not quit right.

Irwell:
DUSK #1; Nice framing of the shot with the long shadows thrown by the
"Toby" mug and other stuff. I would have preferred to not have the
right of egg cropped.
DUSK #2 & #3; In both of these shots the long shadows tell the story.
Good idea in setting the time of day.

EricS:
Dawn; A good capture of morning stillness at first light.
Dusk; Nice drama, but I think the timing was slightly off. Perhaps if
you had shot a few minutes earlier, or maybe a few minutes later. I
guess you had to be there.
Arctic Circle; The only sense of place comes from your title. I know
you were probably on a ship, but there is no real reference, and it
seems to be more of a snapshot than a deliberately composed shot.

PeterA:
Alpha; I know it was dawn, but this one doesn't really do it. There is
something about the color, contrast, and exposure which doesn't seem
right.
Industry; This is the type of shot you have perfected. In this case
you have everything right the sense of time and fitting your theme just
works.
Omega; Three lightships in a row. I like it, and like "Industry" you
have everything right. BTW, how common is the use of lightships today?

Bob Coe:
#1; The shadows and light across the empty parking lot make the shot,
but what darn good are a closed Nathan's and ice cream parlor?
#2; Shadows & light again, maybe one problematic blown highlight on the
crest of the flower.
#3; This is the best of your three, the ribbon of filtered light
running across the yellow flower tops makes this one for me.

Martha Coe:
#1; Nice depot, I just wish they hadn't turned on the lights, I feel
that there is more potential in this image which could be brought out
with some tweaks to the contrast and brightness.
#2; The time of day might be right, but this one does not work for me.
It might be the subject, it might be the composition, it might be my
taste.
#3; ...and here is your great shot. The subdued tone and fading light
in the greenhouse with the reflection on the wet floor makes this work.

Tim Conway:
Duskdawn-old; Nice silhouette and textures sky. Very evocative of the
evening glow.

Paul Furman:
5998; A horn player in the dusk. Forget the fuzziness it is great, I like it.

DanP:
#1; Different with an interesting effect. The zoom exposure does add to
the overall image, I just wonder why f/14.
#2; Nice color in the sky for the sunset, but not unexpected for this SI.

Otter:
Eye in Sky; Nice. The evening light is just right to demonstrate the
time and yet have the foreground structures identifiable, without
having the stereotypical "golden" or "red" sunset.

Savageduck (yours truly):
#1; This is about 2 miles from my place.
#2; The San Ardo oil field is a Chevron operation along the Salinas
river, about 25 miles North of my place.
#3; Down at the coast at San Simeon State Beach, shot from the pier,
with the light filtered through very thick marine layer fog.

AlanB:
old; Nice filtered light through the clouds, with the minutes before
dark capturing the vastness of that expanse across the valley.
#2; Nice, interesting color and reflections on the water. I know this
is Ektachrome, but did you also use any other filters?

Peter Chant:
#1 & #2; Both of these capture the feel of the fair in the early
evening. Very nice.

Peter Newman: (these are the ones for this SI, right?)
Lighthouse; See, it's not too tough to get it right. Faded light on the
building and golden glow on the horizon.
Sausage & Peppers; "highly post processed" No kidding! It does deserve
the imaginative shot of this SI comment.
Sunset lovers; I get the move to the abstract, but while interesting in
terms of a processing exercise, I just don't see it working outside of
the 1967-69 time period.

As always, thanks to all for playing.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 9/14/2011 1:36 PM, Savageduck wrote:
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I am feeling lazy, so I will only comment where my comment differs from
the Duck



Well, there still seems to be some life in the SI and we had quite a
variety of ideas beyond those typically expected of dusk/dawn shots.

Bowser:
#1; The pano, I like this and the quiet sense of place and time it evokes.
#2; Another nice shot showing us an early morning, fresh & deadly amanita.

Bowser did a good job capturing the glow.

#3; Fair enough shot, but this one does not work for me. It seems murky
in some way, with composition and crop which is not quit right.

The buoys are distracting. I would heal over the buoy in the left, and
do an "L" crop to a line on top of the left cloud and just to the left
of the right buoy. With this crop the boat will be coming into the
picture and the excess sky deleted.



Irwell:
DUSK #1; Nice framing of the shot with the long shadows thrown by the
"Toby" mug and other stuff. I would have preferred to not have the right
of egg cropped.
DUSK #2 & #3; In both of these shots the long shadows tell the story.
Good idea in setting the time of day.

In # 2 I would have liked to see the urn more on the right, if possible,
so its shadow becomes more if the picture, as in #3.


EricS:
Dawn; A good capture of morning stillness at first light.
Dusk; Nice drama, but I think the timing was slightly off. Perhaps if
you had shot a few minutes earlier, or maybe a few minutes later. I
guess you had to be there.
Arctic Circle; The only sense of place comes from your title. I know you
were probably on a ship, but there is no real reference, and it seems to
be more of a snapshot than a deliberately composed shot.

PeterA:
Alpha; I know it was dawn, but this one doesn't really do it. There is
something about the color, contrast, and exposure which doesn't seem right.

To me the exposure and color are fine. I just would have liked to see
something, such as a ship, or some birds to give it a bit more life. I
know PeteA and I have had this discussion before. But if it wasn't
there, I would put it there. ;-)

Industry; This is the type of shot you have perfected. In this case you
have everything right the sense of time and fitting your theme just works.
Omega; Three lightships in a row. I like it, and like "Industry" you
have everything right. BTW, how common is the use of lightships today?

I really like the reflections. I would have made a pano by trimming out
about 2/3 of the sky.


Bob Coe:
#1; The shadows and light across the empty parking lot make the shot,
but what darn good are a closed Nathan's and ice cream parlor?
#2; Shadows & light again, maybe one problematic blown highlight on the
crest of the flower.
#3; This is the best of your three, the ribbon of filtered light running
across the yellow flower tops makes this one for me.

Martha Coe:
#1; Nice depot, I just wish they hadn't turned on the lights, I feel
that there is more potential in this image which could be brought out
with some tweaks to the contrast and brightness.
#2; The time of day might be right, but this one does not work for me.
It might be the subject, it might be the composition, it might be my taste.
#3; ...and here is your great shot. The subdued tone and fading light in
the greenhouse with the reflection on the wet floor makes this work.


EricS
I like the way the trees and bridge frame and separate the sky and
water. (at least to me it looks like water.)

Tim Conway:
Duskdawn-old; Nice silhouette and textures sky. Very evocative of the
evening glow.

the monochromatic treatment enhances the scene. The rowboat adds a sense
of purpose and anticipation to this peaceful scene. The tint makes it
look old. Nicely done.


Paul Furman:
5998; A horn player in the dusk. Forget the fuzziness it is great, I
like it.

there is a sense of mood, but for some reasons the softness of the horn
player is distracting to me.

DanP:
#1; Different with an interesting effect. The zoom exposure does add to
the overall image, I just wonder why f/14.
#2; Nice color in the sky for the sunset, but not unexpected for this SI.

focus distance .03 M?

Otter:
Eye in Sky; Nice. The evening light is just right to demonstrate the
time and yet have the foreground structures identifiable, without having
the stereotypical "golden" or "red" sunset.

I like the overall composition. Just to pic a nit, the boat light in the
river is a mild distraction. I would have toned it down a smidge.


Savageduck (yours truly):
#1; This is about 2 miles from my place.

Kudos. The "Y" cloud formation adds a lot of interest and balances the
tree line on the left. Nice capture.

#2; The San Ardo oil field is a Chevron operation along the Salinas
river, about 25 miles North of my place.

I wish you hadn't told me it was an oil fled. It has an ethereal feel
that I would have expected from a group of guys hunting the Bigfoot.

#3; Down at the coast at San Simeon State Beach, shot from the pier,
with the light filtered through very thick marine layer fog.


Based upon my experiences n CA, I would not have classified that haze as
very think. Moderately think, yes. When on the PCH I have been in fog so
thick I could not see the road.
Back to the image, I like the gradations of tone and the leading lines.
A jogger would have turned it into an excellent image.


AlanB:
old; Nice filtered light through the clouds, with the minutes before
dark capturing the vastness of that expanse across the valley.
#2; Nice, interesting color and reflections on the water. I know this is
Ektachrome, but did you also use any other filters?

Peter Chant:
#1 & #2; Both of these capture the feel of the fair in the early
evening. Very nice.

Peter Newman: (these are the ones for this SI, right?)

(Embarrassed yes.)


Lighthouse; See, it's not too tough to get it right. Faded light on the
building and golden glow on the horizon.

Got lucky, I guess. I was stopped for speeding, explained that I was
rushing to catch the sunrise. Fortunately the officer was a photographer
and was very understanding.

Sausage & Peppers; "highly post processed" No kidding! It does deserve
the imaginative shot of this SI comment.

Playing with the polar co-ordinates filter in PS is fun.

Sunset lovers; I get the move to the abstract, but while interesting in
terms of a processing exercise, I just don't see it working outside of
the 1967-69 time period.

??

thanks for your comments.


As always, thanks to all for playing.



--
Peter