[Leica] Old Photographs

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Lluis, Jasse, Philippe, Douglas, Jim (again!)

Thanks for looking.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 11:32 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> I really like all of these great photos, Jayanand, but Family Portrait 1
> wins my heart.
> Douglas
>
>
> On 22/06/2021 16:51, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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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