Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The very first thing I say to somebody asking me about the zone system who doesn't know is zone V equals middle gray. Certainly a start off or null point. Think of the V as the exposure needle aiming at the middle or at any rate delivering to you middle gray no matter WHAT you point it at. That made it easy to remember for me. Zone VI or IV is a stop lighter or darker than that. Onward to infinity. Buy me an espresso and I'll explain the zone system in ten minutes. About a minute a zone. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:51:07 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place > > Tina, I can't relate to the zone system, but I like the dark, dull gray of > the LUG gallery. It works, whether or not I put > frames on the images, and always looks great to me. > > Thanks, Brian. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place > > >> I like Zone 5 gray for a background. It doesn't make photos look either >> too >> dark or too light - just right. >> >> Tina >> >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> That's what I hear it started out white. >>> My first website had black backgrounds. So did my second. >>> My future ones will be white and cream. And those are the ones when I see >>> I >>> tend to like the looks of. I keep all my favorite photographer websites >>> in >>> a >>> folder for quick reference. And I think blogs are starting to overlap and >>> take over from that. Black is dramatic but kind of foreboding. Gloomy. >>> >>> I went through a 100$ rag black mat board phase too when that came out. >>> And the use of black velvet as a backdrop instead of white I did off and >>> on; >>> mainly off. >>> >>> Is white the color of evil on the eastern hemisphere? Then that makes me >>> evil then to those guys. >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> >>> >>>> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:31:44 -0500 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wish I got to see the white background. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It was white. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> -------------------- >>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>> Photography >>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information