[Leica] IMG : #056 - Now - what's the trick

[phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)]

Hi Graham,

thank you for the tip, which I've tried to put to good use.
I was unfortunately in town and couldn't get a GeeBee background and 
sky. But I tried my luck on some reflexions.
Here 
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/To-GeeBee-bw-w.jpg.html>
 
is one I like and which I am thankful to you for tipping me off on how to.

Boots are at the ready?.
Enjoy your weekend hike
Phil...x

An afterthought on language : you wrote "burn" and I didn't get it 
immediately as in my language when a slide is "burned " it means 
highlights are way too light. I guess you meant the converse, didn't you?
.


geebee wrote:

> From: "Philippe Amard" <phamard@numericable.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG : #056 - Now - what's the trick
>
>> So my technical question is about how you measure light when you have 
>> so much contrast, so as to preserve details as you do.
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> Philippe,
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> I angle the camera down to take a reading off the foreground after 
> selecting an aperture with sufficient depth of field to hold focus 
> from nearest object to the horizon (not an issue in this shot) then I 
> leave the rest to camera and film latitude. The sky will be too light 
> in a straight print/scan but it will retain enough detail for me to 
> 'burn' it in when I get the scene into PhotoShop. The red filter added 
> dramatic effect by darkening what look like the black areas in the sky 
> but which were in fact inky blue clouds.
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> Hope that helps.
>
> --Graham
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