[Leica] IMGS: Zoroastrian Fire Temple

Sat Jun 11 04:45:50 PDT 2016

Just look at these!

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Tina

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Nathan.  I appreciate your opinion.  I'm glad LR keeps the RAW
> file so I can go back and make as many versions as I want!  Judging from
> some of the photos selling as stock today, I'm not overcooking them enough!
>
> Tina
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> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 3:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Well, now that you have shown me both, I would say that for my own ends,
>> I would lean more towards the less processed one. This will not surprise
>> you or anyone else who has looked at my pictures over the years. But I do
>> understand completely that in the stock marketplace which is your target
>> here, this kind of photo with subtle, muted colors will not sell well. As I
>> said earlier, your processed version has a nice, painterly feel to it, and
>> IMO you have not overcooked the photo.
>>
>> Anyway, remember Adams’s saying about the negative being the score and
>> the print the performance. Nowadays, the RAW file is the score.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/
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>> > On 10 Jun 2016, at 15:54, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com <mailto:
>> tmanley at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > OK, Guys -
>> >
>> > This is what I am competing with:
>> >
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB
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>> https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB
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>> > 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
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>> >> 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/G0000YmlbTddL
>> >>>>>> 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
>> >>>>>
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