[Leica] My 6 weekly pictures

Mon May 27 22:29:10 PDT 2024

The only reason that I use cameras with 45MP sensors is that it gives me
the latitude to crop and eschew carrying 600/800mm behemoths altogether.
Besides, I can switch to DX mode with the press of a button with a narrower
angle of view to compose/track with, and still get 20MP images. I do not
otherwise need 45MP for anything I need to do with any image.

We just need to choose our tools carefully to suit our needs.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 9:56 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I would like to add to Sonny's comments on cropping.  The newer high
> resolution sensors and the newer lens designs that can deliver detail at
> those pixel pitch points allow incredible crops.  Then you have the new AI
> interfaces that will believably create new pixels to increase the image
> size for reproduction purposes.
>
> I can imagine that the Leica Q4 with 100mp sensor and a 24mm lens will be
> very attractive: I know I greatly enjoy the freedoms of 60mp and the new
> lenses available.  Even the sorta lowly Sony 20mm produces stunning images
> never mind what comes out of the 135 F1.8 or the 40mm F1.4 or...
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 8:10 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > May I pipe up about cropping?   It surely depends on your style of
> > shooting.  I usually am most interested in the moment over the
> composition,
> > and that even goes for shooting flowers.  I rarely shoot with a macro,
> more
> > often a wide to normal focal length. I almost never use a tripod, and
> > usually, images are made in the “wild” without any lighting or
> reflectors,
> > etc.
> >
> > Probably my technique stems from a past life as a photojournalist.
> Thus, I
> > shoot only a few images an outing, much like I did when using film.   The
> > upshot is that I still am pretty choosy about what I show, so I end up
> > often heavily cropping without shame.  It all comes from the concept
> that I
> > am showing you what I see; “Look!”  or to express it in biblical terms,
> > “Behold!”
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sonny
> > www.SonC.Com/Look
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 5:11 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Jayanand, Alan
> > >
> > > Thank you verymuch for your advices, It is true, I do not use much care
> > > with the images digitized with the scanner, this instrument enhances
> the
> > > smallest details of the negatives that are totally invisible in the
> > > enlarger when making a wet copy, which for me is what counts. A few
> days
> > > ago I had a negative with countless white dots, I immediately made a
> > > 9.5x12" copy in my darkroom, it turned out completely clean, so
> > > digitization for me is just a reference, I had stopped making a contact
> > > sheet and I'm going to do it again because it teaches you how the copy
> > will
> > > turn out and also about the exposure values in relation to development.
> > The
> > > digitized photo allows greater correctable tolerance when editing, a
> > > negative requires greater accuracy. Thanks anyway and I will try to
> take
> > > more care in some details such as the margins.
> > >
> > > Regarding the shot, it is difficult to reach the so-called decisive
> > > moment, on many occasions you have to choose whether to take the photo
> at
> > > that moment or lose the image completely, I try to preserve the image
> > > despite imperfections.
> > >
> > > Regarding cropping, I think it is an old discussion, in general I don't
> > > like to practice big cropping, only small adjustments. There is a great
> > > influence between what the photographer has seen when taking the image
> > and
> > > what has awakened his emotion and what the viewer sees. It is very
> > > important to me to be as close as possible to the image initially seen,
> > > which is what motivated me to take the photo, and a cropped image does
> > not
> > > always reflect what subjectively caught my attention. Another thing is
> > > different if that image It may have seemed interesting to me, it is
> > > actually a mistake.
> > >
> > > Thank you again for your constructive comments that raise great topics
> of
> > > discussion that it is not easy for me to follow in a language that is
> not
> > > my own and that I need to use an automatic translator.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Lluis
> > >
> > >
> > > > El 27 maig 2024, a les 5:59, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
> > > lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 27 May 2024 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> These are nice, but a few are spoiled, IMHO, by extraneous objects
> > > >> intruding on the margins. I would think that  either cropping the
> > > frame, or
> > > >> them and cleaning them up would work wonders, after which you
> > > >> can always print out a digital negative for darkroom printing.
> > > Airbrushing
> > > >> has been a staple of the photographer's toolkit since the dawn of
> > Ansel
> > > >> Adams, so there is no need to wring one's hands at the faithlessness
> > of
> > > it
> > > >> all! :-)
> > > >
> > > >> Cheers
> > > >> Jayanand
> > > > ====================================================================
> > > > I totally agree.  Lluis, you take wonderful pictures, but sometimes
> the
> > > > moment happens
> > > > before all is sorted out. One thing I stressed when I taught a
> > continuing
> > > > education course
> > > > was (as much as possible) check the edges of the frame before
> tripping
> > > the
> > > > shutter, but
> > > > there was no shame in cropping.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> > > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> > > > (Retired)
> > > > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> > > > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> > > > amagayneroshak at gmail.com
> > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
> > > >
> > > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
> > > > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
> > > >
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