Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Phillipe - But those are both color digital shots, the bw was FredMirandaed... As to the tent....it was very light, but I exposed for the scene outside the plastic window, which turned the light tent into a dark frame - I could have easily lightened the tent up considerably, but didn't want to. Best B. D. On 5/24/05 3:30 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > Well, looking at these 2 beautiful shots, you clearly don't need to know > immediately what you got to get good results. > Weren't you pleased to see the results after a little wait? > After all, isn't culture about postponing the satisfaction of a need? :-) > About having both colour and B&W: shoot color and Fred Miranda it. I think > you were one of the first mentioning that trick. > Finally: any PS on the color shot, by any chance? Or was it a dark tent? > >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:03:23 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica]Hello? - With two new images... >> >> Having used my Ms this weekend - along with my E-1 and Rollei 6008 - at a >> Christening and the party that followed, I was reminded once again what a >> rare pleasure the Ms are to shoot with. On the other hand, it's also a >> rare >> pleasure to know immediately what I've got, to have it in both color and >> black and white, and to have the kind of flexibility I have with RAW >> digital >> images..... >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/5227591Window1 >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/5227551bw >> >> Fire way....:-) >> >> >> On 5/24/05 2:25 PM, "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: >> >>> True to a large extent, BD, despite your luddite feelings on New Haven. >>> :) >>> :) >>> >>> Camera-wise, while I love my Leicas, I fit in the category of those who >>> are >>> (1) impressed with the output of recent digital cameras and (2) tired of >>> spending the $ on film and processing. I imagine I may very well go >>> fully >>> over to the digi side when two things are true: (1) I discover a digi >>> camera that I like to carry and use as much as my Leica Ms and (2) I can >>> afford the initial $$ outlay. From what I've read, the former may >>> already >>> be true (or at least getting close) with the Pentax *ist-DS sounding >>> particularly nice, but it is a moot point as the latter is far from >>> true. And I'm not willing to trade my Leicas in. I plan to reevaluate >>> from time to time. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my current >>> half-and-half >>> situation. >>> >>> Best, >>> Aaron >>> >>> BD wrote: >>>> What I find very amusing about this post Aaron is the implication that >>>> darkrooming digitally is now a given for many on this list, when just a >>>> few >>>> years ago darkrooming digititally provoked the same kind of reaction >>>> here >>>> that digital shooting now provokes. ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/24/05 1:54 PM, "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It is the prime reason I do not do digital. It is more complicated >>>>>> than >>>>>> film plus a good color lab plus it requires a whole new set of >>>>>> learning. >>>>>> <snip> >>>>>> Fun is in the mind of the beholder. The rest of us use film. >>>>>> >>>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>>> >>>>> Truer words never spoken...but don't forget that many folks find >>>>> learning >>>>> something new to be a lot of fun... >>>>> >>>>> Best in a shooting-film and darkrooming-digitally kind of way, >>>>> Aaron >>>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information