[Leica] Pick one of three

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>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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I like the first one.  It's a great tree.

The two others bother me, with a sort of dark smudge around all the
branches.  I like to take diffused shots
a portion of the time, but where lighter tones bleed into the darks, not
the reverse, as here.  That's why I
created my "VElmar" from a ca.1931 Elmar 135mm f/4.5.  I separated the
first two lens elements to give more
spherical aberration and get the glow I like, while keeping an underlying
sharp image.

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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Trees/20140728_MR_Mine_DSF0715.jpg.html
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Trees/MilkweedPods_MR_5944.jpg.html
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Glamour05_Velmar_AMR.jpg.html
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/Velmar2_AMR.jpg.html
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-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer, Emeritus
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