Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, This can mean many things so what do you mean? 1) artistically it sucks 2) using technique is cheating 3) why all this work when geebee achieves this (better) straight out of camera? (which is true BTW) 4) rather positive 5) ... Not assuming anything, just wondering. Philippe (student, probably for life) Op 11-mrt-07, om 22:54 heeft Jerry Lehrer het volgende geschreven: > Phillipe, > > Now that you have told us how you did it, I can say that it > represents a triumph of technique over artistry. > > Jerry > > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: >> Meanwhile I changed it, following Didier's suggestion (instead of >> what I did initially: changing the frame color) and it is indeed >> better. >> What I actually did to achieve this image was blend 9 different >> exposures together (from EV -4 to EV4, 1 stop difference: you can >> see the motion blur in the water surface) via PS HDR, tone mapped >> it, and then converted the result to B&W, sharpened different >> portions of the image, added some slight grain overall, and warmed >> it up a bit with PS photofilters sepia. Finally I removed the >> aperture markings from flare manually. >> Miracles don't exist: at f16 at 28mm (digital equivalent) you >> cannot get this in one shot, let alone avoid flare IMO. >> >> The high res jpg is at <www.fullflavor.be/groenendaal_HR.jpg> >> >> Thanks for the comments, >> Philippe >> >> >> O > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >