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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: PAW Week 2 - Jeffery
From: Steve Rowell <steverowell@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 08:19:13 -0800 (PST)

Hi Jeffery,

You can tell by my week 2 that I need to work on burn/dodge as well. There is a method that I'm
going to try that I thought you might be interested in. Dan Burkholder (in his book Making Digital
Negtives for contact printing) describes a process using a separate layer that allows much nicer
burining/dodging than the tools in Photoshop. I'm sure this process is probably online somewhere
(anybody?).

Cheers,
Steve Rowell

- --- Jeffery Smith <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> When my PhotoShop skills get a bit better (they are pretty Spartan right
> now), I'm going to go back and try to work on some burning. I was shooting
> at E.I. 400, and I have had problems with areas washing out at that speed.
> 
> It was after roll #2 that I suddenly realized that I was shooting downward.
> Rolls 3 & 4 (the latter is still in the camera) are from a kneeling
> position. I'm hoping to get a few more images from the 2nd 2 rolls tonight
> or tomorrow night.
> 
> Thanks for the comments. They are right on target.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Eric
> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 5:04 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Re: PAW Week 2 - Jeffery
> >
> >
> > Jeffery:
> >
> > >http://www.jeffery-nola.com/PAW_2.html
> >
> > Love the expression of the little boy!
> >
> > My main complaint is loss of detail in the highlights.  The white
> > pieces are
> > washing into the light squares.  Take the pawn on f5, for example.  Looks
> > like a blemish on the board as much as it does a pawn.  You can see the
> > black pieces the boy has captured, but try discerning the pieces the girl
> > has captured.  I'd also burn in the out of focus white shirt in the upper
> > right a little.  It's competing for my attention.  Same goes for the white
> > papers on the table.  Just make them a little darker.
> >
> > Do you have any shots where you're shooting from the kids' level?  Instead
> > of looking down at them?  That might make for a more dramatic shot.
> >
> >
> > Eric
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