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Subject: Now: Group Tweaking? Re: [Leica] looking for comments - twilight photos
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Sat Sep 6 19:11:39 2008
References: <82c9dd70809061910r61db177frb52f0eac15a82de3@mail.gmail.com>

BW magazine (British one) does a column like this -- where different
printers print the same file and discuss.

Eric

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
> now there is an interesting idea!
>
> How about someone posts a RAW file of a shot, and we all tweak it,
> post them and compare results!
>
> I be happy to post a DNG of one the files for download and yet you all
> tweak away..
>
> and takers?
>
> Eric
>
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Eric, I think there's lots of wonder in those shots, and a little work 
>> with
>> curves could make the magic you saw.  I would have played with it, but the
>> dagnab browser wouldn't let me capture the picture to play with it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> I assume you're describing the light after the sun is down, or the "quiet
>>> light" as John Sexton calls it.  I've done my share of that, but with LF
>>> cameras, long exposures and very compressed development.  I have no idea 
>>> if
>>> a digital sensor has enough range for that or not.  But, it will be a 
>>> great
>>> experiment, one I hadn't thought of since "going digital".  I think one
>>> thing you need is a contrasty subject, so the tree mass may not be the 
>>> best
>>> subject.  Maybe HDR would work, though the jury is still out on that, for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
>>> > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Korenman
>>> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:36 PM
>>> > To: LUG
>>> > Subject: [Leica] looking for comments - twilight photos
>>> >
>>> > One of the many projects bouncing around in my brain is working with
>>> > that amazing outdoor light just before things go dark.
>>> > Not the golden hour -- I mean that very fleeting time just AFTER.
>>> > I'm talking the toast is burnt, but it hasn't started smoking yet..
>>> >
>>> > But it is a very tough feeling to capture on film, sensor, whatever.
>>> > Here are a few attempts:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.korenman.com/lr/twilight/
>>> >
>>> > Eric
>>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> USA
>>
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