[Leica] Friday Flora - My take on the Pampas Grass

[Jay Burleson]

Now you know why I shoot with a minus 2/3 exposure comp - protect the 
highlights and then anything is possible...

Jay

On 12/5/2014 5:55 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> This scene is what really showed me the potential of the Monochrom.  I took
> two exposures--the one I posted, and another that unedited, looked more
> like yours. The amazing thing was that in RAW, I could make either one look
> like the other. Or anything in between. You can pull and push the files
> like taffy, beyond the point of unacceptable grain, banding or blowout on
> most other cameras, and they still looked great. As long as you don't hit
> the white "ceiling," you can do almost anything you want.
>
> --Peter
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
>
>> A slightly different take on the Pampas Grass that Peter K & I saw last
>> Tuesday.
>> Ravenna Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington
>> Leica Monochrom, APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH., iso 320
>>
>> Backlit Pampas Grass
>> http://tinyurl.com/k759yee
>>
>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size.
>>
>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>
>> Jay