Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, sorry to read you resent another friendly neighbour to have looked at your first version and syphoned it from my gallery to make a worthy contribution. I would never have given him access to your tiff without your permission both oral and written - next october I guess would have been the right time to. Now I owe you each a round of Belgian beer. More seriously, both you have made a tremendous job out of this photo - Douglas had sensed the mountains could still be improved on your file, which he did, and which you also did in your latest version without being aware of Douglas's amendments. Your latest sets the road out just as I had pictured it in my mind while taking the snap - I'll tackle the tarmac in LR I remember thinking when I opted to get the clouds as a priority. How can I express the pleasure you've given me by using my file/photo? Simply by posting and acknowledging your results on the list for all to know. I don't see that a photo when it pleases you should be kept secret. Mind you, I know that some people would resent this. I recently edited two photos by someone- from another list - and who lives in the Netherland. Well, I'm afraid he may not apprevciated the idea as he never acknoldeged receipt of the second, and no longer writes on that other list. I do appreciate when people comment, amend or fire on my posts as this is the gist of it all on the list; nice people from all over the planet, sharing views, info, techniques, flames sometimes, to make the world a better place to photograph in ;-) Thanks for all the details. I'll try them out but with a limitation - PSE only takes 8bits - hence my colours sometimes lack in detail and "finesse", but the "lesson" should hold for BW. Thanks again so much to both of you. Yours, internationally Phil...x (beer and kangaroo lover ;-) ) G Hopkinson wrote: >Philippe, you have been unfaithful! Sharing your picture with that Germanic >hussy, Douglas! >Some sort of tri-national photographic m?nage ? trois. >I think that the brazen and shameless Douglas has also noted the very >dramatic effect of your darker original for the mountains and >sky. In his case he has selected and darkened the mountain area to the left. >As requested, here is a pr?cis of your picture's evolution (here) from your >RAW file. >Your visualisation, composition and exposure decision which retained all of >the detail needed, >Your crop, >Conversion to 16 bit Tiff, minor spotting, black /white points set via >levels >Conversion to BW with simulated red filter >Global tonal adjustment to render the building detail visible, shadows >opened marginally, mid- tones brightened a little >Top half burnt in to darken sky and mountains >BW toned as platinum >Edge sharpen for better delineation of detail > >The last version was an attempt to return the rendering closer to YOUR >interpretation of your picture. A very careful selection of >the building only, for the roof that meant some pretty jagged lines around >the edge of the shingles! About a gazillion mouse clicks. >Selection inverted, then considerable darkening of all but the building. >This gives much more of your original drama to the >mountains and sky, also taking into account that you felt the road and >grass to be too prominent in your original. > >In hindsight maybe a gradated darkening of all but the building might have >been more effective. Aah well, I continue to work on >developing my Photoshop darkroom techniques. > >s?jour fid?le vous n'aimez pas votre petite amie allemande > >cheers >Hoppy > > > >-----Original Message----- >FSubject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy helped me- Saga continues > >a) Douglas Sharp also offered me a version, from Hoppy's jpeg. >b) And Hoppy has also sent me a new version of his, from raw. > >So if you feel like seeing how a nasty sepia I posted a while ago can >evolve in time and quality, it's here ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/>for you to view. >I like them all but mine now. ;-) >Thanks to both Hoppy and Douglas for their combined efforts from two >continents. > >Yours >Phil...x > > >Jack Maddox wrote: > > > >>Philippe, >>This to my eye is indeed a big improvement. Nice work. >>Jack >> >>Philippe Amard wrote: >> >> >> >>>I posted a sepia Chapel in Switzerland a fortnight ago and Hoppy >>>offered to help improve the rendition of the shot. >>> >>>After some technical problems due to tranferring the original heavy >>>RAW file, I am pleased to say that the first Australo-French picture >>>on the LUGallery can be seen here. >>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/hoppyman_bigpond_net.jpg.html> >>> >>> >>>It goes without saying that Hoppy's results in term of processing >>>make me jealous ;-) >>>Thanks again Hoppy for your patience, expertise and dedication. >>> >>>Yours >>>Phil...x >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > >