[Leica] How to capture gloom

[Adam Bridge]

Thank you, I’ll give this a shot.

Adam

> On 2019 Sep  25, at 3:09 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> A couple things, you could copy a middle exposure image and the lay it down
> in PS three times in layers, then make one layer so you’re happy with the
> highlights, another with the middle tones, and the final layer you can set
> for the dark parts. You can then use the automation to essentially HDR the
> shot.
> 
> Another technique I like better and use often is pretty much the same
> setup, then I selectively erase parts of layers to reveal the exposure I
> like.
> 
> Takes time, but it’s a lot of fun, and you can get it to your vision of how
> the scene appeared to you.
> 
> SonC
> 
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:32 PM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Last week I was shooting in a redwood forest that was, for the most part,
>> quite dark and yet there was also quite a bit of light in areas. In another
>> location the entire forest was in deep shade and in another I was walking
>> down a narrow defile with bright sky overhead but shooting wide open I was
>> still at ISO 1600.
>> 
>> None of my photos convey what I saw in any of these cases. I tried pushing
>> the exposure down which didn’t do the job. And I have played with the
>> images in Lightroom, Photoshop to little effect. That sense of darkness and
>> light just isn’t there.
>> 
>> Any ideas about how to capture this? I’d appreciate your thoughts.
>> 
>> 
>> Adam Bridge
>> Davis, CA
>> 
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