[Leica] Leica] VSCO Film - and Replichrome as well

[mitcha at mac.com]

Philippe,

Thanks for looking at the pictures, but I completely disagree with you: most of these pictures were taken on dark nights without either moonlight or street lights. The intensity of light falls off in inverse proportion to the square of the distance, and I feel that lifting what you call the "blocked shadows" would make the pictures look like stills from a surveillance video. As for the “losing the guy on the left hand side” of the first picture - - no way, he, together with the light coming through the umbrellas, in my view, makes the picture. Also, the tilt of the last picture (taken with a 21mm lens) is intentional). For me, leveling the picture would ruin the dynamics of the photo.

- - Mitch


Subject: [Leica] VSCO Film - and Replichrome as well
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:27:19 +0200
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Le 10 oct. 2014 ? 11:15, mitcha at mac.com a ?crit :

>  (http://bit.ly/1i93new), 

All of these are underexposed (blocked shadows) and call for further post 
processing work IMHO, including adjusting those tilts and lists (e.g. the 
last one).
Add to this a need for reframing and punch in some - the first one would 
gain from losing the guy on the left hand side for instance, flush of the 
lady, a square might work for me.
I like the people and the colours you got a lot though.
Hope this helps.
Amities
Philippe

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