Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like you live in a beautiful environment. You could experiment a bit with grey densities of foreground vs water surface, if you'd like to play with it some more. I also really enjoyd all of the other B&W images in your gallery. Very consistent. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 16-mrt-07, om 14:58 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven: > 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. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Philippe, >> >> 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. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> --Graham >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >