[Leica] LightZone WAS City limits

[dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)]

Yes, as I explained, I was working with a little jpg that I happened to 
have on my laptop, not the full sized scan (tiff).

The first one was made with Photoshop. I don't remember getting such 
posterized skies (even before I reworked it) before.

I loaded a little external harddisk with tiffs to work with on the train 
and then I forgot to pack it in my bag ... typical.

Daniel

G Hopkinson wrote
> Daniel, I do really like the tones of the rocks in the altered version. 
> However the sky is completely posterised as I see it here.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Daniel Ridings
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2007 07:08
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> Subject: [Leica] LightZone WAS City limits
> 
> On my train ride this evening I had a chance to play around with LightZone.
> 
> I used this shot:
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v11/07v11-0008.jpg.html
> 
> Compare the processing of the same shot with LightZone:
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v11/07v11-0008lz.jpg.html
> 
> It is easy to do "split filter" printing, adjusting contrast in the high 
> end of the scale, without affecting the darker tones and vice versa.
> 
> I am not pro at this. I downloaded it just recently and haven't really 
> had a chance to learn much. There are some good tutorials on the company 
> site and also on the DigitalOutBack site.
> 
> The system is inspired by the zone system and it is a lot more intuitive 
> (for me) as a photographer who has done things in the darkroom.
> 
> It works painlessly with layers and non-desstructive editing. All of 
> your changes are saved in a separate file (takes about 100 kb) and when 
> this file is combined with your original file, you get a result that can 
> be printed or exported or whatever.
> 
> Pretty nifty stuff.
> 
> http://www.lightcrafts.com/index.php
> 
> Daniel