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Subject: [Leica] Landscape: colour or b/w
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:35:57 -0500
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I will have to look into this graduated filter tool. I'll give it some
more work and get back to you ;-)

Cheers and thanks for looking

> I like the colour shot, but I feel the B&W has more potential.
> Lluis is right - it is a little flat at the moment.  You could probably
> bring out more detail in the water and make as well as add a little more
> drama tweaking the curve so it is "S" shaped and playing around with the
> colour sliders (assuming you're using Lightroom).
> You could also darken the sky a touch using the graduated filter tool.
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> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
>
> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
> Picture a week (2010)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
> Picture a week (2009)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>                 (2008)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>
> On 26/11/2010 21:44, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> Alastair,
>>
>> I prefer the color image, the B&W looks to me a kittle flat
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 23/11/2010, a las 8:12, afirkin at afirkin.com escribi?:
>>
>>> Barn bluff landscape -- where is GB when you need him.
>>>
>>> This is an M9 with trielmar on 28mm shot. Which is better the b/w or
>>> colour?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2w3deap
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/3y6qucl
>>>
>>> I am planning to make a book of this trip both for myself and for the
>>> "team", so any comments on cropping etc will be very helpful
>>>
>>> Alastair
>>>
>>>
>>>
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