Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, my friend The same said to Bob, thank you very much, and for me a really a pleasure when someone from the LUG come to Barcelona, very soon Gerry and me we will chasing se?oritas in the Barcelona streets, sharing a beer in the Zurich and some Catalan food and chupito in El Julivert Meu? I?m sure Bob will enjoy Barcelona very much too. Cheers Lluis El 21/02/2014, a las 13:11, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> escribi?: > Bob the very best way to absorb the instruction from Don Lluis is to walk > and shoot with him all day in a superb city environment (with intervals for > delicious Catalan food) then sit over a beer in front of the computer with > Lluis. You need to go to Barcelona! > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 21 February 2014 17:25, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you Lluis. An excellent tutorial that gives a starting point to us >> novices who wish to develop our own processes. >> You are very generous. >> Best, >> Bob >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Lluis Ripoll < >> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Susan, Gerry, Bob, Larry and others ... I really think I don't >> deserve such mentions, I've saw after years the B&W of many of many of you >> are sharing with us, everyone has his own style and I don't know if I can >> explain my workflow as a certain rule ... , IMHO is a question of the >> personal preferences. Even so I can explain why I work. >>> >>> I normally work in manual mode and in digital I prefer a little under >> exposure than over exposure. Usually I prefer use old lenses, IMHO they >> give more medium tones and less crispy images to work. When I process the >> DNG I have certain "own" rules, I try to avoid or at least minimize the >> extreme tones of the Dynamic Range, Absolute Black (Zone 0) and absolute >> white (Zone X), usually I start marking the white and the black points, >> after I do a first arrangement using the extended Dynamic range that offer >> Capture One (medium tones for shadow and lights), after this I work with >> the curve to obtain the contrast I want, finally I work on the classical >> controls of Exposure, Brilliance and Contrast an if it is necessary I >> correct the previous values I've do. I edit the image in Photoshop and I >> click in to the Automatic levels, generally I accept what PS does. If the >> image is too flat I try to improve it with Silver Efex Pro. >>> >>> IMHO Capture One is a great tool for work the B&W, it has different B&W >> presets, and I have also build mines. The same thing with Silver Efex Pro, >> I've never use the standard presets, I've build some own presets, but >> rarely they work for a new picture, I have to modify different things. >>> >>> When I work I always take care of the histogram, and I try to cover all >> the range. Silver Efex Pro offer the histogram and the 10 zones, this is >> useful for me, I can better correct extreme Zones 0 and 10. >>> >>> I don't know if this can be interesting for you, I think is nothing new, >> last Summer our friend Geoff was with me looking my workflow, I work by my >> instinct and I think difficult made, as you say, a tutorial, this sounds >> for me too pretentious... >>> >>> I hope have answered your question ... >>> >>> Thank you very much! >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>>> El 19/02/2014, a las 16:49, lrzeitlin at aol.com escribi?: >>>> >>>> Lluis, >>>> I am always impressed by the tonal quality you manage to achieve in >> your B&W pictures. Especially when viewed on the new high resolution >> screen >> of my Macbook Pro. We may differ on matters of composition and subject >> selection but your B&W images are far superior to the bulk of those shown >> on the LUG. I mean no disrespect to other photographers but your pictures >> are in a class by themselves.? It can't all be the Leica Monocrom.? The >> results are just as good with every camera you use, even old film cameras. >> The big question is how do you do it?? >>>> Could you describe your workflow from shutter click to posting on the >> internet as a tutorial for less adept photographers. I would like to be >> able to get your results in B&W images. >>>> Larry Z >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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