[Leica] Pick one of three

[Don Dory]

In the vein of ART I rather like the monochrome version: the caveat being
crop out most of the plantings near the bottom.

Don
don.dory at gmail.com

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 11:12 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

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