Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim, I spent ages trying to get the colour temperature right as I had seen it. The different areas of the picture had widely different colour temperatures. I worked out the sunlight was dominant and went by eyedropper around the edges of the windows. Printed A3 it looks a treat. Matthew -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: 10 September 2007 23:11 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Academy of Ancient music and Trinity choir recording I like L1000953.jpg... the warmth of the color is very nice to my eye. Jim Matthew Hunt wrote: > The CD will be out in the Autumn. They asked if I could do some promotional > shots. As an amateur I found it a challenging but very enjoyable > assignment. I had to rush there after work on the Friday evening, but the > Saturday afternoon was more leisurely. I had not photographed in > floodlights mixed with sunshine before, and colour temperature took a lot of > work. Maybe I should work in b/w as so many LUGgers do. I was impressed > with the lack of flare generally. Of course there were some lens > reflections, and a few shots affected by banding, which I have not shown. I > was anxious not to get in anyone's way, and never clicked the shutter when > the recording light was on. When shooting from the organ loft with a > tripod, I kept the longer lenses at just below their maximum aperture, and > ever so slightly changed focus between each quick picture, hoping for at > least one good one. There were no posed shots at all. I have distilled > more than 200 pictures down to 24 for the gallery. Printing has gone well > on A3 (Epson R2400 with Permajet ink + paper) for the best. My Noctilux then > went away for coding and I await its return. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Cambridge/Trinity/choir+and+Academy+of > +Ancient+Music/ > > http://tinyurl.com/ysfkqk > > Comments and criticism welcome. Thanks for looking. > > Matthew _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information