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Posted By: Sailor, 12-19-2010, 12:34 PM

When I was much younger and shooting a lot of Tri-X, I spent a fair amount of time "studying" shadows. This morning's low (but bright) winter sun prompted me to grab my camera and look for shadows that interested me. Here's what I found; the names reflect what popped into my mind when I shot the pics:

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Beanstalk:



Dim Bulb (not a self portrait):



Alien attack:



Ragged edge:


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12-19-2010, 02:07 PM   #2
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Nice little project.
Nicely rendered B&Ws Jer.
Thanks for sharing.
12-19-2010, 03:42 PM   #3
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Thanks much, Ash. I need to do more of this sort of thing - to "replay" my youth if for nothing else.

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Your b/w images are so crisp and clear and with ever changing subject matter, I am going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing. Bob

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Nicely done Jer. I really like the last one the best. JIM
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Your b/w images are so crisp and clear and with ever changing subject matter, I am going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing. Bob
Thanks for the very kind words, Bob. For sure, give a try - I'd think one of your Garden of the Gods pics would be great for conversion.

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Nicely done Jer. I really like the last one the best. JIM
Thanks, JIM - that one is my favorite, as well.

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12-20-2010, 07:58 AM   #7
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These are nicely done Jer. The first one is my favorite with the aliens as my second.

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These are nicely done Jer. The first one is my favorite with the aliens as my second.
Thanks much, Susan. In this case, the alien is pretty harmless (in fact, my wife made me water it yesterday afternoon).

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love the shadow play jer... the 1st one reminds me of the two trade towers from nyc....
btw..... dave m
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Nice job with these. I like Alien Attack and Tagged Edge very much. Conversions went well, and they're crisply sharp.
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love the shadow play jer... the 1st one reminds me of the two trade towers from nyc....
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Thanks much Dave, although I'm sorry for the allusion to such an unpleasant memory. When my wife saw this pic, she was surprised I that I didn't call it "Fire Phasers!".

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Nice job with these. I like Alien Attack and Tagged Edge very much. Conversions went well, and they're crisply sharp.
Thanks for the very nice words, Tamia.

Jer

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Jer, hadn't thought about b/w conversions, you shot these in b.w right or were they converted? It seems like shooting in bw, the photos seem so much more accurate than converting, or maybe I am doing something wrong. thanks Bob
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Nice concept and great composition. Is your New Year's Resolution to make all the Pentax Forum Members Envious????????????????
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Jer, hadn't thought about b/w conversions, you shot these in b.w right or were they converted? It seems like shooting in bw, the photos seem so much more accurate than converting, or maybe I am doing something wrong. thanks Bob
Bob, all my B&W pics are - in fact - conversions of RAW, color files. My basic approach is pretty simple (otherwise I couldn't do it): after any adjusting of brightness or contrast of the RAW image, I convert it to a high-quality JPEG and use the "Black and White Film" tool in PSP X to render the pic in B&W. This tool allows you to apply the basic B&W filters we all used to carry around (red, yellow, etc.); it also provides a brightness adjustment (to offset changes induced by the "filter") and something called a "Clarify" tool, which I think adds a combination of contrast and sharpness - typically I'll sparingly use both brightness and Clarify. I then drop the image size for posting and lightly sharpen a bit more. That's it.

Even though I'm shooting color RAW files, I generally (though not always) identify the pic as B&W before I hit the shutter button.

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Nice concept and great composition. Is your New Year's Resolution to make all the Pentax Forum Members Envious????????????????
Hey thanks my friend for the flattering words! I appreciate it.

Jer

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Interesting concept - nice captures.
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