Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sweet. On 6/21/05, Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com> wrote: > > On 22/06/2005, at 5:26 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > > > I want to be like B.D. so I took my leica on the streetcar in New > > Orleans when I was down there a couple weeks ago. Here is my attempt: > > > > http://dmason.net/tmp/streetcar.jpg > > > > comments and insults welcome > > > > Okay, you asked for it... :?) > > You really need to get a clue about JPEG image compression. 340 kb for > an online snap is @ 4x larger than it needs to be. Hint - Photoshop, > save for web, use the % quality slider, and be amazed at how you can > get a similar quality image for @ 80 kb. > > Secondly, touch up the dust spots and lighten the shadow on the side of > the person's face. Burn & dodge, remember?... > > Thirdly, composition? You put the face right in the exact centre of > the frame. Come on, fumbling AF newbies do that sort of thing. > > Next - what's the story about using grainy B&W? Defiantly stuck in > 1973?... > > Finally - who is "B.D." and why do you want to be like him? Isn't he > the bloke who insists on posting five times every LUG digest?... :?) > > (Some of this post is serious, some tongue-in-cheek. I'll leave it as > an exercise for the reader to figure out which is which.) > > > Regds, > > > Andrew N. > <http://leica.nemeng.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >