Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: my BC friends
From: hewthompson at mac.com (Hugh Thompson)
Date: Tue Jul 10 15:08:49 2007
References: <A67A36E3-6F90-4927-8BD8-3BF8B1767275@mac.com> <EB2CC4F6-A784-4EEF-85D3-424630836CEF@pandora.be>

Phillipe - thanks for your comments and suggestions - will try them  
out when I go to print, copies have already been requested.

Hugh

On 10-Jul-07, at 2:38 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> That must have been quite a reunion!
> Interesting portrait, too, due to the similar direction they look to.
> I think you could get it a bit further.
> First thing that I would try if I had a go at it, would be:
> I'd crop off a bit of the right, desaturate slightly, make the  
> background just a bit lighter, use smart sharpen (at 50/2) and burn  
> the shadow parts on their skin a bit.
> Just to emphasize the powerful (a bit stoical expression) of their  
> faces.


In reply to: Message from hewthompson at mac.com (Hugh Thompson) ([Leica] IMG: my BC friends)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] IMG: my BC friends)