Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I turned onto Memorial Drive in Cambridge last week the sycamores along the drive were glowing white-gold in the mid-afternoon sunlight. I quickly parked and took pictures. The results were disappointing to say the least. I've posted one example here: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/21_0021> Photographic qualities of the picture aside, I wonder if any of you might have any thoughts on what I might have done to improve the rendition of the glowing trees that I saw with my eyes. There seems to be an exposure issue here since the highlights look blown out but would it have been better on a slower film, or is there a scanning problem, or something else? This photo isn't even close to the image I had in my head. Manipulation in Photoshop to darken the image overall helps but isn't really the solution. The posted picture is unmanipulated and uncropped. M7, 50mm 2.8 Elmarit (Current), Portra 400NC, f11.0 at the shutter speed set by the camera. Many thanks. -- Regards, Dick Boston MA