Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those are the kinds of photos I've always wanted to take of the Smokies. I can just imagine them printed very large on the wall of a cabin in the Smokies! Makes me want to be there! Tina On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Wayne Torry <wtorry at vbar.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I want to thank all of you who complimented my two photos of the Smokies > week before last. I apologize for not updating the photos sooner. After > much > work in Lightroom (I learned how to use the gradient filter), recalibrating > my monitor and numerous test prints, I finally got these to look right on > paper. Final prints were delivered to my daughter last weekend. Hopefully > they will be on her wall in Boone, N.C. for Christmas. Thanks again for the > kind words. They keep me going. > > Before & after sunset. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sunset+Print-0148.jpg.html > > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/After+Sunset+Print-1.jpg.html > > > > Thanks for looking. Cheers! > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Torry > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:55 AM > To: 'lug at leica-users.org' > Subject: RE: Why they are called the Smokies? > > Two closer views of The Smokies from 5,000'+ on the North > Carolina-Tennessee border. > Just before and just after sunset. These are not the final print versions. > I did a bit of work with Lightroom to lighten the images overall so that > they printed with detail in the shadows and foreground. However, the > "smoke" > is still there. > October 18, 2010 a few miles north of Boone, NC. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sun+Visible+Pano+2-1.jpg.html > > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sundown+Pano-3+Final-1.jpg.html > > > > Thanks for looking. > Wayne > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com