[Leica] IMGs: Beauty of M9 colors at night (Bangkok portfolio)

[Tina Manley]

Very nice!  I do about the same with the M240. The higher ISOs are better
but I'd still rather underexpose night shots and use a lower ISO.  Here is
one from Hanoi:

http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/156817904

Tina

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 5:39 PM, <mitcha at mac.com> wrote:

> I have always liked the colors that one can get with the M9, and the ones
> at night can be particularly beautiful as long as one processes the files
> to look like night. One that I like particularly is this Bangkok picture:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/9139937872/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> The above pictures was shot at ISO 800 with the Summilux-50 pre-APH lens
> (f/2.8 at 1/60 sec). If you want to see more you can download the following
> 8MB PDF file with 16 Bangkok night shots:
>
> http://bit.ly/1i93new
>
>  Most of these were shot using the technique of “shooting at ISO 640 and
> pushing in Lightroom 5;” some have been pushed as much as 4 stops. Shooting
> in this way actually makes the M9 a good camera for low light night
> photography, considering the results that are possible even in street
> photography.
>
> Most of these pictures were made on very dark nights, often without any
> street lights: the light mostly was from fluorescent tubes from shop
> windows or food carts. Conditioned by the bright, flat light in shopping
> centers, we tend to think of fluorescent lighting as ugly; actually
> fluorescent tubes can produce beautiful colors. Indeed, there is a range of
> fluorescent cine lights called "Kino Flo.”
>
> C&C welcomed. Also, please post your color night shots.
>
> - - Mitch
>
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