Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, It was late in the afternoon with the sun grazing over the treeline just behind the small field of "weeds" and I did expose for the daylight part; I do admit a great love of Velvia; I might have brought the curves down on the blacks just a bit so that I did indeed have areas that hit below 5,5,5 in the histogram. I do really appreciate the feed back as what one person sees is not necessarily what another person sees. Without comment then you never know how things are perceived and can never make changes to better bring the reaction desired. All the best once again. On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Lluis Ripoll < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Don, > > Thank you for the information, as you say the reds are very saturated and > contrasted and the sharpness is not the best, this is an old lens, I know > it, I had the same but the Zeiss Sonnar 85 f2, very nice for portraits, > smooth tones particularly in B&W. What I see is that the shadow areas look > very dark without any detail, maybe too much contrast?? > > Best > Lluis > > > > El 9 gen 2018, a les 13:41, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> va escriure: > > > > Hi Luis, > > I haven't posted this image before; this specific image was taken just a > day or so prior to posting. I must admit to opening the color enhancement > portion of Lightroom for the first time and playing with bringing up > specific colors. > > > > I have found that my Sony sensor records the red spectrum a little too > well and some images need the reds toned done a bit. For the image posted > most of the "pop" came from choosing the as taken instead of daylight white > balance. The lens used is not so sharp at F2 so a fair amount of clarity > was added and more than normal sharpening applied. > > > > Thank you for looking and commenting. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Jan 8, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at gmail. > com> wrote: > >> > >> Don, > >> > >> I think I have already saw this picture and the image I had in my > memory I think it was less contrasted? > >> > >> I?m wrong? > >> > >> Cheers > >> Lluis > >> > >> > >>> El 3 gen 2018, a les 14:14, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> va escriure: > >>> > >>> Good morning from the southern US. I was doing a blog for KEH; > showing the > >>> advantage of using close focusing adapters on mirrorless cameras. I > was > >>> wandering about with a Jupiter 9(Soviet 85 F2 Sonnar) and in a nature > >>> preserve found these seed pods. Enjoy the seasonally correct color > scheme. > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/ > Wednesday+Weeds/look+at+me+II.jpg.html > >>> > >>> All the best. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Don > >>> don.dory at gmail.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com