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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Album for a potential business client
From: bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:27:59 +1200
 

I've discovered that even though my normal mode of keeping up with
OM mail traffic is in one hit at night using the digest, it is also very
easy to keep up with mail as it is posted through using the archives.


So ... 

Sheep. I make no apologies for having several photos of sheep
in that set. Shep are a major source of income for this region, and the
one breed shown in those photos, Merino, is an exceptionally high earner
because the wool is very fine. Merino farmers here do not sell their
product using the auction system, but mostly have created contracts with
Italian makers of fine men's suits, for those of you who know what a
fine suit is :-) 

I grew up as a farmer's son being used to managing
sheep, I like sheep and understand them; but cattle ( cows, bulls,
steers) I do not understand and I don't like. 

It makes sense to have
several photos of sheep because of their place in the rural economy, and
because they are a part of many landscapes. 

Blown highlights. I don't
understand what the problem is with them. When I look at the sky here,
especially with the edges of white clouds, that's what I see, It is a
natural part of the everyday scene. Especially when photographing late
in the afternoon just off being directly into the sun. 

I do get
somewhat bothered with the yellow fringing that sometimes shows up, and
when the highlights are in autumn leaves and I'm shooting somewhat into
the sun, which I like to do, they can be a damned nuisance. 

I don't
know what the answer is. Maybe avoid those scenes altogether, or try and
find a better camera angle. Shooting RAW doesn't work for me. The files
are too large, and I have never been able to obtain the corrections that
people claim can be done in a RAW converter. 

Life DOES contain blown
highlights, that is the realism of it. 

That's what my eyes tell me
anyway. 

Brian 
 
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