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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy visits Sydney with black and white
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Aug 9 16:44:20 2007
References: <080920071500.1951.46BB2C16000695AD0000079F219792474103010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <000a01c7dad7$a9ac3e90$6501a8c0@asus930> <000b01c7dade$66b23b60$6501a8c0@asus930>

Hoppy,

Try adjusting your wife's photo. That one is the most underexposed.  
I'm sure she loves it though.

Len


On Aug 9, 2007, at 7:38 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Three alternate versions after the originals in the gallery
> Two outside shots, the light is bright and contrasty and one low  
> light interior (1/15 1.4 400ISO)
> http://tinyurl.com/27w5wo
> http://tinyurl.com/ypnsaf
> http://tinyurl.com/29vrfz
> These are just simple global minus 1 stop. Please tell me if you  
> think that I am on the right track. I might need to reduce the
> contrast from my curve as well, but how do the exposure levels look?
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> Luis said,
> Fine pictures Hoppy, the only comment would be that at least on my  
> monitor some ones seems to me to hard in contrast, and IMHO, this
> is by - either - over exposure or over development. Knowing that  
> you are an experienced photographer without exposure problems,
> maybe the reason will be the developing. I've appreciated  
> principally this aspect on the outside pictures, the indoors  
> pictures or
> the ones with a less contrasted light, are excellent, as your  
> portrait or "Busker in the mall", or your friendly se?orita..., or the
> tea conversation - I see these ones as perfect exposed or developed -.
>
> Salud!
> Luis
> -----Original Message-----
> Gene said
> Hoppy,
> Nice set of photos, and nice photo shop sales girl.  ;-)  However,  
> I'd say about half seem a bit or two over exposed, at least on my
> screen.
> Gene
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Gene thanks for taking a look and commenting. I think that the film  
> exposures are OK. There are a range of conditions there.
> Developing, I am fairly confident, but I need a densitometer there,  
> maybe. (one roll Neopan 400 one of Delta 100 here).I use an
> gentle S curve to add a bit of punch to the fairly flat scans.  
> Sometimes I think too, the viewing from within a browser makes the
> tones suffer.
> I'll try again with a new curve and some proofing in the browser.  
> No idea what they look like on everyone else's monitors, of
> course. These are adjusted for printing with my hardware.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
>
> -------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson"  
> <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: --------------
>> Folks, 10 new pictures by Hoppy, one of Hoppy, starting here
>> http://tinyurl.com/38zupz
>
>> a walkaround in central Sydney including lunch at the Belgian Beer  
>> Caf?. That is
>> a mini Hoppy tradition that I follow while travelling in Australia.
>>
>> a friendly camera shop staff member who enjoyed looking over my  
>> M7. She showed
>> me a neat DSLR and I told her that she would soon be
>> seen by LUG photographers across the world.
>>
>> Some portraits of our very good friends.
>
>> As usual I?d love to read some comments or critiques.
>> Cheers
>> Hoppy
>
>
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