[Leica] IMGS: Zoroastrian Fire Temple

[John McMaster]

So they are to your taste as well as making them more likely to sell?

john

-----Original Message-----

I guess I'm not a photographer then.

Tina

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:59 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> I have no doubt you are right, just the second is too manipulated for 
> a photographer to like IMO.... Can you not see quite a large 
> difference between the two?
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> OK, Guys -
>
> This is what I am competing with:
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_en
> US636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahU
> KEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB
>
> You have to stand out in the crowd if you are going to attract buyers.
>
> Here is the original photo, straight from the camera, converted to jpeg:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424161
>
> Here is the same photo, processed in Color Efex Pro with the 
> saturation at
> 6 (I also took out somebody's shoulder in the bottom right - shades of
> McCurry!!):
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424164
>
> View at Original.  I don't think the differences are that great, but 
> the second one will sell better than the first.  I guarantee it.
>
> Tina
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Philippe 
> <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Come on john, be a sport, Tina hasn't added more colour than you 
> > usually subtract ;-)
> >
> > Amities from sunny Alsace
> > Philippe
> >
> >
> > Le 10 juin 2016 à 09:19, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> a écrit :
> >
> > > Even in a small JPEG they look processed to me :-(
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > Sorry you don't like it.  I do.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 5:44 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Glad I do not in that case ;-)
> > >>
> > >> john
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >>
> > >> Sometimes I use Color Efex Pro if I like the look. Have you 
> > >> looked at Stock sites lately?? Mine are very, very conservative!
> > >>
> > >> Tina
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >>> On Jun 9, 2016, at 4:47 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> So is that what gives what looks like boosted colours to many images?
> > >>>
> > >>> john
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks, Nathan.  I like that one.  I used Color Efex Pro applied 
> > >>> a
> > >> little stronger than usual because I thought a "painting" look 
> > >> would be appropriate.
> > >>>
> > >>> Tina
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman 
> > >>>> <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That image is beautiful. It looks like a painting.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Cheers,
> > >>>> Nathan
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Nathan Wajsman
> > >>>> Alicante, Spain
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On 08 Jun 2016, at 00:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> PESO:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> We visited the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd for a worship
> service.
> > >>>>> Ordinarily, non-Zoroastrians are not allowed in the room where 
> > >>>>> the Victorious Fire (Khordeh Avesta) is located but we went 
> > >>>>> with our friends from the cucumber farm and they talked us in.
> > >>>>> Everybody was very
> > >>>> welcoming
> > >>>>> once we got inside.  The rooms were very, very small and 
> > >>>>> crowded so photography was pretty difficult.  The fire itself 
> > >>>>> is from 470
> AD.
> > >>>> Almost
> > >>>>> unbelievable!!
> > >>>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000Ymlb
> > >>>> Td
> > >>>> dL
> > >>>> 96
> > >>>> g
> > >>>> /I0000Y3UKBocfwEk
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> and hit previous for more.  I'm still having problems with the
> lines.
> > >>>>> Caitlyn from PhotoShelter affirmed that is not a problem with 
> > >>>>> my files
> > >>>> but
> > >>>>> thinks the transmission might have some hiccups.  She 
> > >>>>> suggested I reload them all.  Which I will get around to doing eventually!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "The *Yazd Atash Behram*, also known as *Yazd Atash Kadeh*), 
> > >>>>> is a temple
> > >>>> in
> > >>>>> Yazd <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd>, to the west of 
> > >>>>> Shiraz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz> in Iran. It was 
> > >>>>> built in
> > >>>>> 1934 and enshrines the Atash Bahram 
> > >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atash_Bahram>,
> > >>>>> meaning “Victorious Fire”, dated to 470 AD. The sacred fire is 
> > >>>>> installed
> > >>>> in
> > >>>>> the temple behind an amber tinted glass enclosure. Only 
> > >>>>> Zoroastrians are allowed to go to the sanctum area of the fire."
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> C&C greatly appreciated.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Tina
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> Tina Manley
> > >>>>> www.tinamanley.com
> > >>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> > >>>
>