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Subject: [Leica] IMG: re-worked cliffs near Poole
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Oct 4 09:39:55 2008
References: <7BA21767-0C9D-4E7E-B203-8D9586A2E045@frozenlight.eu>

Hi, Nathan

I think Moose overdid his correction a little - too contrasty, too much 
sharpening, too much saturation.

Personally, I do tend to push these parameters to the limit, but this is 
just too much.

It is, as you say, a nice example of feedback around the globe, but I 
much prefer your original shot.
Cheers
Douglas

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> After I posted my PAWs from last week, one of my images (the one that 
> most of us, including myself, thought to be the best of the set) was 
> given the rare honour of being "moosterized" by Moose, a member of the 
> Olympus list who has a penchant for suggesting improvements to others' 
> pictures by posting a "before and after" version on his web site. This 
> is the original image, as I posted it:
> http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/uploads/2008/39alt12.jpg
>
> Moose, as he often does, suggested punching up the contrast and 
> saturation significantly. Here is his "before and after" version:
> http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Wajsman/39alt12.htm
>
> I tend to have a preference for muted colours and lower contrast, but 
> in this case I have to agree that his version represents an 
> improvement, and so this morning I went back to the original image and 
> played with adjustments in Lightroom until I got to something that 
> went some of the way, but not all the way, in the direction suggested 
> by Moose. The result is here:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#386019421_EnS6t-O-LB
>
> It is a nice example of how feedback on these lists can happen across 
> many time zones and great distances. A nice illustration of the 
> positive impact of the internet and digital photography.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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