[Leica] The little girl and the stingray, 3 versions

[Don Dory]

I prefer the adjusted little girl.  Everyone is in their place: the ray is
in the water and the girl is dry in an adults arms.

On Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 8:46 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> My photo of the little girl encountering a stingray in the Maui Ocean
> Center's "Open Ocean" tunnel has turned into a major project, because of
> the extreme mixed light. There is no "right" answer to this one, but I'm
> curious how people feel about I've now made three versions:
>
> 1. The original, very blue, which is what things actually looked like to
> me.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/54237597305/in/dateposted-public/
> >
>
> 2. A new version where the girl is reasonably color-balanced, and the
> underwater environment is still very blue.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/54237597305/in/dateposted-public/
> >
>
> 3.  A B&W version, which sidesteps the "mixed light hell" issues
> entirely, but loses the blue underwater "feel," and the separation
> between Fish World and Human World of #2.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/54237597305/in/dateposted-public/
> >
>
> Comments welcome. Door #1, Door #2, or Door #3?
>
> --Peter
>
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