Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments-- I am going to try a whole series with this double lighting. It isn't 'pretty' light but there is something hyper-real that can really grab the eye. I am always interested to hear what others are seeing on their monitors. Actual image is hyper sharp -- I recently turned down the sharpen filter on JAlbum (the program that churns out my website). I may have to tweak it. love the square - embrace the square, Eric On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> Really excellent >> Model, light, pose, processing all clicks for me. >> Reminds me of some hyperealist painting, or even better, Hopper? >> Thanks for sharing >> phx >> >> >> Eric Korenman wrote: >> > > > I'd add a light on the backdrop I don't think the double shadow works well > and it's like the subject is surrounded by shadow. I'm fond of unusual > lighting being done on kids (in this case from below) but am not a fan of > two main lights. > I'm got getting red but am seeing just a touch of yellow maybe. > > I think its an arresting shot. I don't mind it light but perhaps I'd jack > up > the contrast a tad; and sharpen at the size you're at. > It kind of looks un unsharpened. > > > Its great to see medium format digital photography being practiced. > We DO feel like we are looking at much more information as we do in film. > It's in a print that we'd see I think that acreage counts both in digital > as > in film. An 11x14 or bigger I think print. > The price point of the CFV back for regular Hassy is cheaper than the 8 > grand first CANON camera I guess. But most of the hack wedding > photographers > and other commercial photographers have already traded in their Hassy's for > CANONS. I guess the price point needs to jump a bit close to what people > are > paying for D3's and whatever the Canon full frames are called and priced at > before people start buying back their Hassy gear and the price goes up > again > and both people and whoever owns Hassy are sorry to have let the stuff go. > I've hung on to mine. > And see the light at the end of the tunnel as to using them a lot more > again. > > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >