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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bokeh?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:06:49 -0500
References: <200903181221.BNH64211@rg5.comporium.net> <5B64F184-E1FF-461D-94D8-63349BEFA0D6@mac.com> <200903181553.BNJ05621@rg5.comporium.net> <49C11B22.50803@tele2.fr>

right
you could control the look of that background quite a bit
using the "grayscale mix" sliders in Lightroom

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
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On Mar 18, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> I agree with George,
> High contrast and over saturation don't help the white circles  
> round the spotlights, creating this bad bokeh look in both pictures.
> If you can, try keeping the girls nearly as is, and desaturate - a  
> lot -  and soften the background Tina.
> Hope this helps
> Phx
>
>
> Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> At 11:10 AM 3/18/2009, you wrote:
>>
>>> Have you looked at these in B&W?
>>>
>>> Unlike many of the others you've shown
>>> I'm not sure that the color is doing you any favors here.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>
>>
>> I don't know.  That bokeh looks just as bad in B&W!!
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/image/110360720
>>
>> The other lenses I had with me were the 75/1.4. the 90/2.0, and  
>> the 24/2.8.   And the CV 12/5.6.  I know it wasn't the 12mm but I  
>> guess it could have been one of the others.
>>
>> Tina
>>
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Bokeh?)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: Bokeh?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Bokeh?)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] IMG: Bokeh?)