Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks David your wonderful photo is then yet another case for the M9 ;-) so long as a talented photog such as you is at the helm :-) Philippe, counting his pennies, and nonetheless waiting for your next delivery. Le 13 d?c. 10 ? 19:27, David Keenan a ?crit : > >> very 3D in HDR >> graphically pleasing! > >> Love it too - wondered if it was a composite of some sort too >> Great photo > > Ric & Philippe -- > > Thanks again for your feedback. > > For the record, this is picture is neither HDR nor a composite. It > is "real" > street scene in the SoHo area of Manhattan. > > It is high-contrast but I feel that is a fairly accurate (albeit > black & > white) rendition of what I saw that night. > > Personally, I'm not a fan of HDR at all. I think that is often used > as a > gimmick to mask an otherwise uninteresting picture. I have come to > feel that > way about IR photography too (especially the color stuff that is > passed off > as IR these days which are really just channel inversion tricks in > Photoshop) -- and this comes from someone that has done his fair > share of IR > black & white in the past and still has a freezer full of IR > Ektachome film. > > Interestingly, Ric, I had other comments that didn't like this > picture for > same reason you liked it. > > It's all part of the fun. Thanks, again, gents. > . > Dave. > > -- > 2010 PAW Gallery: www.dlkphotography.com/paw > Web Site: www.dlkphotography.com > Austin Center for Photography: www.visitacp.org -- Check it out!!! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >