[Leica] Old Photographs

[Nathan Wajsman]

They are incredible. I have seen some of them on FB but it is much nicer to see them here. I think FB does something to photographs.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 22 Jun 2021, at 17:51, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I have been whiling away my time in the second lockdown by processing
> afresh old RAW files from my Africa trips starting with 2008, using the
> modern post processing tools available, some of which are frankly
> astonishing in what they achieve. The biggest advantage of digital over
> film, IMHO, is the ability to treat the RAW file as an unprocessed film,
> again and again, as many times as we wish. The software that I used for
> this purpose consisted of a mix of some (but never nearly all) of DXO
> PureRAW, Luminar 4, Luminar AI, Nik Collection 4, Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz
> Denoise AI and my old standby, the Photokit Suite - with Lightroom CC and
> Photoshop CC. Phew!
> 
> Here is the first set, then:
> 
> Pied Piper:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html
> 
> The Hunt:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html
> 
> Family Portrait 1:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah3.jpg.html
> 
> Family Portrait 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah7.jpg.html
> 
> Walkabout:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah1.jpg.html
> 
> Training Session:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah5.jpg.html
> 
> Red Eyes:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah4.jpg.html
> 
> Two Headed Hydra:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah9.jpg.html
> 
> Play:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant.jpg.html
> 
> Reassurance:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant2.jpg.html
> 
> Food Security:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_NileCrocodile.jpg.html
> 
> First Steps:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Zebra.jpg.html
> 
> I have posted the images quite large so that viewers can see all the fine
> details that have been retained, coupled with the lack of noise, in these
> photographs, thanks to the PP tools at our command nowadays. These were
> mainly taken with Nikon APS-C bodies that we could not use beyond ISO 400 -
> even ISO 800 used to be a stretch! Those were the days!
> 
> Comments/Criticism/Suggestions are, as ever, most welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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