Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, Jim. In my darkroom days getting the perfect print meant going through ten or more sheets of extremely expensive paper. Today I spend more time on an image than then, but I can come much closer to the image I wanted with today?s tools. SonC Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look > On Oct 31, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > ?What 4-Star Chef ever discloses his secret ingredient? One should use > any tool available to achieve a given goal. > > In the 1950s and 60s, I composed and shot Kodachrome in my Leica, and the > resulting slides usually had enough "keepers" to satisfy me. But, we are > not living in the past. The world is very different, and so are the photo > tools we have at our disposal. > >> On 10/31/20 12:01 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: >> How does it make a difference. as long as you enjoy it, and as long as it >> is not seen under false pretences? After all, in all other forms of >> artistic endeavour, no restrictions are placed on, or, indeed, accepted by >> the artist. I have never understood why photographers are constantly >> shamed >> by their peers to labour under a different rule. My guess is that we place >> these restrictions on ourselves because anybody can be technically >> proficient, given endless practice and learning by rote, while a very >> miniscule percentage of photographers can be imaginative enough to be >> artistic, or original. >> >> IMHO, the first person to take advantage of this technical wizardry that >> is >> available at our fingertips today would have been Adams himself, with his >> penchant for plenty of manipulation in the darkroom. He would have reveled >> in it. Most of us use Photoshop (or any other PP software) to a far lesser >> extent. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:40 PM Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: >>> >>> Oh great... now everyone will be making (not taking) Ansel Adamesque >>> pictures on a sunny day. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 02:45 Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Atomic post - mind the fallout ;-) >>>> >>>> But might prove handy in some cases >>>> >>>> Amities >>>> >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Le 30 oct. 2020 ? 20:42, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >>>> ?crit : >>>>> The Photoshop update last week (v. 22.0) includes a sky replacement >>>> feature, something I'm not really interested in but of course I had to >>> try >>>> it. It would be great for real estate photographers, though. This is a >>>> pano I took at Ghost Ranch in 2015, with a sky from Ghost Ranch taken 20 >>>> years earlier. Also I see the update includes "neural filters" so you >>> can >>>> make someone smile or frown etc. I'm guessing that Adobe has pretty >>>> much >>>> run out of features for the average photographer. >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Ghost+Ranch.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> -- >>> Ken Iisaka >>> first name at last name dot org or 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 >> > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information