Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let's do both. Then we can compare film B&W vs digital B&W, and Leica Digital B&W vs other Digital B&W. One rule: the histograms of each double example should match as close as possible. Philippe Op 5-aug-07, om 23:09 heeft Eric Korenman het volgende geschreven: > How about just compare M8 shots of same scene, with and without > filter. > The without shot should be PS'd with the 'Photo Filter' filter. > Make the histograms match and post to web. > > Eric > > On 8/5/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: >> >> Hi Doug, >> An interesting experiment indeed. >> OK. I'll make some "identical" shots during my holiday on both my MP >> loaded with B&W and some filters, and my D200 in -to be in PS >> converted- color. >> Will make it easier to compare. >> Philippe >> >> >> Op 5-aug-07, om 02:34 heeft Douglas Herr het volgende geschreven: >> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> I have a general rule: Use PS only for cropping. >>>> >>>> Come on. You can't be serious. Pay 650 USD for a cropping tool? >>>> Use it for everything it was made for. If used right, no erszatz >>>> about it. >>>> Exactly the same effects can be obtained in PS as can be with >>>> filters. >>>> With the advantage that you, after you made the shot, can decide >>>> which filter would have been the right option. >>> >>> I'd like to see some actual comparison photos, comparing filtration >>> at time of exposure vs. Photoshop filtration. My general rule for >>> best image quality is to do the best work I can at each step of the >>> process rather than relying on fixing things later in Photoshop. I >>> use PS primarily for dust that I couldn't get off the sensor (& >>> scratches for film scans), minor color tweaks, and cropping. I >>> would think that proper exposure of the desired color channels at >>> time of exposure would beat pulling detail out of an image that was >>> exposed primarily for an average blend of the channels rather than >>> for a specific channel. >>> >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >