Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Phong, I like the orchard shots. The first and third are best, seeing them at Web resolution. Maybe those rocks or whatever, in the lower left of the one you chose as best, are more interesting than they look on my screen, but the others are simpler, so I like them best. Between the two, the reproduction might determine the winner. Number 3 looks best as a jpg. The shadows cutting across the textured snow and the synchronized lean of the trees, like dancers leaning back to take a step forward - lots going on and it's a beautiful photo. Number 1 is more restful, but not to say static. I tried lightening it and then adding some contrast, which made it nicer according to my taste. (It also brings up some weird purplish wash in the shadowed snow.) Seeing the reddish light on the ground makes it come alive. Pond #1 might have more depth if the contrast was higher. I'd try letting the trees go darker and see if the snow gets more glow and the sky more drama. I found a trick recently that has helped make my web images be more consistent with the high rez scans: If you use another color space for the image, convert it to sRGB before resizing it. I use AdobeRGB, and I guess your camera embeds Wide Gamut. Maybe the conversion to 256 colors is better from sRGB, or something else is going on, but that helps. Thanks for sharing, Carl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html