[Leica] Pick one of three

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The second one for me, because it brings a painterly look into an otherwise
straight photo. IMHO, the monochrome image is just a sea of mid grey, and
looks flat.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 12:51 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Took this in the arboretum a few days ago.  Here are three treatments of
> the same photo.  Wide angle distortions thanks to 14mm focal length.
>
> Which appeals?  Which gags???
>
> 1.  A straight, processed photo
>
> Yakima Arboretum-1286
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Yakima+Arboretum-1286.jpg.html>
>
> 2.  Using my clarity reducing technique that I sometimes use with these
> types of photos.
>
> Yakima Arboretum-1286-2
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Yakima+Arboretum-1286-2.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> 3. Same as above but monochrome.
>
> Yakima Arboretum-1286-3
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Yakima+Arboretum-1286-3.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Aram
>
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