[Leica] IMG: Old Lens, New B'fly

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks for your thoughts, George.  I can understand how you feel.  I guess I 
often let my desire to get more detail in the eye, or better definition of 
the antennae, override the original image qualities.  I will try to keep 
this lesson in mind as I work on future images.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Old Lens, New B'fly


>
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>> George,
>>
>> Here is a slightly larger crop from the image that I posted today.  Aside 
>> from the usual presets that I use in the RAW converter, I made no other 
>> changes.  It was converted to 16-bit jpg, cropped, resized, and converted 
>> to 8-bit jpg.
>>
>> I await your comments.  I always like to find ways to improve.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Unprocessed+72.jpg.html
>
> Thanks Jim.
>
> This certainly "FEELS" much more photographic to me.
> For me photography has the ability to present
> a minute slice of time,
> in a two dimensional frame,
> which "feels" very real.
>
> This "feeling" can come out of a decisive moment in human experience.
> It can also come from the ability of a lens to record detail in such a way
> as to suggest the velvety feel of a butterfly wing,
> in contrast with the spiky antennae,
> and/or drop of water or shiny leaves,
>
> When the decisive moment combines
> with the cameras ability to record fine detail
> and an artful aesthetic composition
> magic seems to arise off the 2 dimensional plane.
>
> When processing (sharpening, noise reduction, etc.)
> turns each unique surface and texture
> into a sameness - a smoothness - something "feeling" brittle glass;
> it seems the very strength of "photography" gets lost.
>
> YMMV
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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