[Leica] IMG: Bambi revisited

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Yes you cant have all that contrast it has to be more like what you saw.
You saw Bambi's face.


You were face to face with Bambi.
:)



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Peter Klein <pklein@threshinc.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:03:49 -0700
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>, <leica@freelists.org>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bambi revisited
> 
> I realize that my "fawn and doe" sequence wasn't taken under the best
> conditions.  But it's the closest I've ever been to a fawn in the wild.  I
> want a decent record of it.  So I gave myself the exercise of making the
> best of it.   Here's what I've come up with on my favorite picture of the
> fawn. Let's see what you folks think.
> 
> Here's the proof file of the entire frame:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/L1003574.jpg.html
> 
> In addition to almost very high contrast, there were multiple color
> casts--full sun, blue skylight in the shade, plus various degrees of green
> light reflected off the grass.  It took a lot of work, but here's what I
> came up with--it involved a major crop, two 16-bit TIFF files with
> different curves, and cloning the shaded parts of the fawn from the
> brighter version to the darker (like the PhotoShop History Brush). Then
> another temporary TIFF file with a diferent color balance and similar
> cloning, then a bit of desaturation to keep it in the realm of possibility.
> 
> Here's that version, not perfect, but it looks a lot like what I saw:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003574Fawn-w.jpg.html
> 
> And then there's always good old Plan Zed:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003574FawnBW-w.jpg.ht
> ml
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information