Russell Denney

I appreciate your feedback and suggestions...some of which I have incorporated into a new version. For me, the b&w does the trick...

Thank you for your suggestions and compliments... Ask and ye shall receive....

Photo shoot with my daughter this past weekend. I got a chance to try out my new beauty dish... Nikon D800 Nikon 85mm 1.4G Taken at f2 1/250th ISO 100 (with neutral density filter) Alien Bee B1600...

Thank you for your compliments.

Placed 34^th in the challenge. I had been looking to get some good natural light portraits of my daughter... We headed to the park this past week to give it a go (for the upteenth time). We were quickly dismayed to find that our wonderful New England spring had not yet produced any flowers and the fountains had not been turned on yet. I came across a couple of Dogwood trees--the only thing with any flowering, and I decided I was going to have to make the best with what I was given. I placed my subject daughter in the branches among the trees and shot a few angles using a reflector for bounced light. It was harsher than I wanted so we changed it up to using the diffuser instead. That seemed to do the trick. After metering with a light meter, I set her up and shot different perspectives & poses while framing her in the branches.

Placed 3^rd in the challenge. Concord, MA USA

This is the 0EV bias exposure shoot as the camera metered it...the other shots were bracketed above/below this one.As you can see, I really brought out the structure when doing the B&W...

Hartwell TavernConcord, MAOn the American Revolution Battle RoadNikon D4Nikon 24-705 exposure HDR merged in Photomatix ProConverted to B&W using Silver eFex ProC&C always welcomed and thanks for...

Thanks for the feedback.When I know I'm heading off the photograph a traditional location, I am always concerned about my ability to put my own spin on it and make it unique.In this case I got...

The most painted and photographed place in the country...so they say...I walked over to the less commonly photographed side of the harbor and was lucky enough to get the dinghys in the foreground...

Thank you.

Thank you for your comment and compliments.

Thanks Dave.I have to agree. HDR lends itself to an over-the-top look. I like it in theory because it allows me to compensate for the fact that the dynamic range of a scene may be difficult to...

I did manage to find the settings on the TV for Standard/Dynamic mode...BIG improvement when I combined with some other tweaks.Thanks to all for your input.Russ

This definitely worked in b&w...you could crop in a little tighter..but not much...It is hard to know what will convert well to B&W...I generally find situations with a lot of texture and/or...

Great texture and sense of scale.Well done.

Nice tonal range...It may have been a little nicer to see their faces...Good shot though...

Boston College...7 exposure HDR merged in PhotomatixConverted to b&w using Silver eFex ProC&C welcomed...http://www.flickr.com/photos/russdenney/8302304170/in/photostream/lightbox/Thanks for...

Thanks for the responses...

Good info, but I am just browsing the JPGs on a thumb drive plugged into the TV...still same issue.