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pmk
24th of November 2008 (Mon), 10:04
The music was quite bizarre ... and seductive. A strange mix of computers, a robot(!), and traditional mask dancing. I guess that's MIT for you. A friend asked me to photograph it for their group.

#1

http://www.singlespeedphoto.com/img/v5/p254881882-4.jpg

#2

http://singlespeedphoto.com/img/v6/p36799927-5.jpg

#3

http://singlespeedphoto.com/img/v5/p259686150-5.jpg

#4

http://www.singlespeedphoto.com/img/v4/p256577682-4.jpg

#5

http://singlespeedphoto.com/img/v5/p441299021-5.jpg

Full set here: http://singlespeedphoto.com/p600841112

C&C appreciated.

pmk
narlus
24th of November 2008 (Mon), 10:32
looks like you had plenty of light! now yr glad to have brought the ultra-wide angle, no?

the b/w could use some more contrast. 1 and 5 are nice images.

i really like this shot:
http://singlespeedphoto.com/p600841112/e1c79ed68
pmk
24th of November 2008 (Mon), 11:29
Thanks, Narlus. ... and thanks for the pre-shoot advice. I ended up going over to Paul's at LensProRental and he hooked me up with a couple of fast lens--very nice of him. The Phoenix has contacted me for some of the shots, so we'll see what happens.

This is my first time shooting RAW. What a PITA, esp. since my old CS2 can't read the files...... argh!

pmk
René Damkot
24th of November 2008 (Mon), 13:10
I like the second.
The landscape images were larger then the forum rules allow, so I had to convert them to links.

On a side note: PSCS2 can probably read the files if you convert them to DNG...
pmk
24th of November 2008 (Mon), 13:29
On a side note: PSCS2 can probably read the files if you convert them to DNG...

Sorry for the bother, Rene. I've fixed the sizing.

pmk
René Damkot
25th of November 2008 (Tue), 05:17
Nice. Thanks :)

Some of the images appear to have quite a reddish / magenta cast on the skin by the way.
Here is the last after a curves correction:
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Still not perfect, but more neutral IMO.
pmk
25th of November 2008 (Tue), 06:08
Thanks, René. I'm not used to wb correcting in RAW -- I think I played around with the color temperature.

On a different note, the Boston Phoenix did run one of my photos, BUT with NO photo credit! That's pretty irritating since I provided them out of courtesy to a friend and specifically required photo credit. I've emailed my contact there to have them fix it. I hope they're responsive.

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Arts/72636-Gongs-with-robot/#anchormore

EDIT UPDATE: They've fixed the photo credit thing.... Good!

pmk