Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about just compare M8 shots of same scene, with and without filter. The without shot should be PS'd with the 'Photo Filter' filter. Make the histograms match and post to web. Eric On 8/5/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > Hi Doug, > An interesting experiment indeed. > OK. I'll make some "identical" shots during my holiday on both my MP > loaded with B&W and some filters, and my D200 in -to be in PS > converted- color. > Will make it easier to compare. > Philippe > > > Op 5-aug-07, om 02:34 heeft Douglas Herr het volgende geschreven: > > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> I have a general rule: Use PS only for cropping. > >> > >> Come on. You can't be serious. Pay 650 USD for a cropping tool? > >> Use it for everything it was made for. If used right, no erszatz > >> about it. > >> Exactly the same effects can be obtained in PS as can be with > >> filters. > >> With the advantage that you, after you made the shot, can decide > >> which filter would have been the right option. > > > > I'd like to see some actual comparison photos, comparing filtration > > at time of exposure vs. Photoshop filtration. My general rule for > > best image quality is to do the best work I can at each step of the > > process rather than relying on fixing things later in Photoshop. I > > use PS primarily for dust that I couldn't get off the sensor (& > > scratches for film scans), minor color tweaks, and cropping. I > > would think that proper exposure of the desired color channels at > > time of exposure would beat pulling detail out of an image that was > > exposed primarily for an average blend of the channels rather than > > for a specific channel. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >