Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 29, 2009, at 6:06 AM, nicolas vigier wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Steve Barbour wrote: > >>> nicolas vigier wrote: >>>> Hello people ! >>>> Here are some pictures of barcelona at night : >>>> http://n0x.org/pg/barcelona_night/ >>>> I am new to this list, and this is the first pictures I'm posting >>>> here. >>>> I am using mainly a Konika Hexar RF with 3 M-Hexanan lenses : >>>> 50mm f2, >>>> 28mm f2.8 and 90mm f2.8. >> >> Nicolas, >> >> >> bonjour and welcome... >> >> I enjoyed greatly your series Barcelona at night, and I have >> returned to it >> several times... >> >> >> maybe it's my screen or maybe it wasn't really night, my >> impression is >> that with one or two exceptions the photos are too bright, and the >> street >> lights are overexposed... > > It was night, but it's true that they are bright, and that streets > lights > are overexposed. But there is more details on the dark parts, so I > think > it's nice too. my impression was just that, not a criticism, rather an observation... a good part of what makes night, and all that goes with it, is the darkness, that there are things you do not see, can not see... >> they would be more correct (fwiw) and much more atmospheric, if >> they were >> darker...assuming you want it to look like night... > > Maybe. I need to try an other scan to see. Thanks for pointing this. whatever...though it's of course obvious... unless your goal is to shoot at night, and still show things that you can't see at night... and if that is your goal, by all means go for it... Steve > > -- > http://n0x.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information warm regards, Steve steve.barbour at gmail.com