Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I like it. A lot. Nice PS warm brown filter effect. And clever how you put in and blurred (ofcourse with lens blur) the 3 RGB colours at the background. Did you get this nice noise with uniform or gaussian noise? Monochromatic or not? ;-) ;-) ;-) --- > From: SonC@aol.com > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:30:28 EST > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] My attitude about Colo(u)r > > > > In a message dated 2/2/2005 10:02:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, > bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > >>> Certainly pointing this out in a pleasant, constructive manner is >>> preferable to jumping on someone's head ;-), but not pointing it out >>> doesn't do anyone any favors.. > > Part of my earlier point was that he commented in the first posting that > what attracted him was the color; I concluded he meant it to look that > way, > and that the capture was significant to him in other ways than color > balance. > Personally I usually take a different tack, especially since I have > acquired > skills with PhotoShop. > > Since there is no standard that can make our appreciation and judgement > the > same as one another regarding color, I don't comment on it in someone's > work. > > > BD continues: >>>> .unless, of course, the idea of posting >>> photos here is to post them with the expectation that we will always >>> receive universal and resounding praise. And maybe that is the idea. :-) > > > I like it when I get praise, and I'm disappointed when someone pans my > pix, > especially when they don't say why. I've got to tell you that this > picture > got such mixed reviews it would make your head spin. > > _http://www.sonc.com/man_at_festival.htm_ > (http://www.sonc.com/man_at_festival.htm) > > It too was shot on daylight film, under tungsten light; some people > responded that it was the best picture they ever saw from me, and a couple > said it > was the worst POS I could have posted. > > Go figure. I still like the shot of the guy in the Paris cafe. > > > > > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >