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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: PAW Week 2 - Jeffery
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:41:49 -0600

Please, let me know!

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 Steve
> Rowell
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:19 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: PAW Week 2 - Jeffery
>
>
> 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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