Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill,You did a great job of capturing a specific point in time. As far as the image, if you would do a levels correction to bring the dark grays to black you would have an image that much better resembles what your eyes remember. You will end up with a fairly high contrast scene, but that is what you had, darkness with a pool of a little light. Keep up the images. On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Bill Larsen <von-ohlen@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I am not terribly good at low light photography and I haven't mastered the > intricacy of the M8 yet. This picture was taken when it was so dark that I > really couldn't see well enough to focus, much less walk without a > flashlight. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill+Larsen/L1000580.jpg.html > > I have learned not to take the M8 over 640 asa... make the exposure > corrections in camera raw....and set the shutter speed to something that I > can actually hand handle (which isn't 1/15th second) This pix is much > brighter than my eyes remember. Is that a no-no to our people that > actually > have ethics about this? And do I correct the light balance to not reflect > that the light was from a single 12 volt light on the side of a trailer? > > regards, Bill Larsen > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com