Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rob I love it! All it needs is a catch light in the eyes. Jerry Rob Heyman wrote: > Hi B.D. > > I have just posted the original file to show you the crop. I am fairly sure > I could not get this result with film. Especially on a 30 x 40"! > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/image-47039.html > > I must say that after hefting > the digital for a while, it was a pleasure to get back to the Leica with > its lovely big viewfinder. I also like the positive feel of manual > everything, instead of the camera doing whatever it wanted to do. (Yes, > I know I could switch to manual) > > The thing is that I get a totally different > look from each, so I don't see any reason to discount either of them. I > like the digital for different reasons. > > When I changed the levels on this to give me a full black it seemed to lose > that softness that is vaguely reminiscent of the old portraits from the > 1800s. > > Rob > > bdcolen wrote: > > > Damn! That's 1600 iso digital? How much of a crop/blow up is that, Rob? > > If it really is a major crop, that's pretty amazing. It's also a great > > conversion. > > > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rob Heyman > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:50 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] Beach panorama > > > > I have just posted two new portraits to the Leica-gallery site. These > > were part of a recent portrait session where I used a borrowed Canon 10D > > to shoot with. The Leica shots were fine, but the chance to play with > > something new led me to try a few shots that I normally would not > > attempt. > > > > The sepia shot is an extreme crop at 1600 ISO and I love the digital > > grain or noise that is on the original print. Would love to hear > > comments and opinions of these, especially re the grainy look. > > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4878.html > > > > Rob > > > > -- > > __________________________________ > > Rob Heyman Photography > > 32 Binyara Street > > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > > __________________________________ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > __________________________________ > Rob Heyman Photography > 32 Binyara Street > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > __________________________________ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html