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Subject: Group Tweaking? Re: [Leica] looking for comments - twilightphotos
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat Sep 6 19:36:21 2008
References: <82c9dd70809061910r61db177frb52f0eac15a82de3@mail.gmail.com>

I'm in. People could post a moderate size jpg of their result.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Eric Korenman
Sent: Sunday, 7 September 2008 12:10
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Now: Group Tweaking? Re: [Leica] looking for comments -
twilightphotos

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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