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Subject: [Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon Aug 25 21:33:04 2008
References: <4cfa589b0808252018s39658d5ekb992c42f8e6d9db9@mail.gmail.com> <B78551AD-E900-4B95-BF7F-5C1C8AC836FC@embarqmail.com> <4cfa589b0808252030g77ba6ecbmcf0497f81c1a3b96@mail.gmail.com> <8188A11EB7DF458FBB02A36F2942CE5F@dadquad>

Thanks for your commentary, Geoff - point well taken. I'll ponder and
play when I'm using my studio system and can make test prints and
stuff.

Adam

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Geoff Hopkinson
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Adam, I quite like the slightly toned version (my choice from the two
> versions). I don't get too much foreboding mood from either really. I do 
> get
> lovely Spartan composition and subtlety, fine reflections and water texture
> and tones.
> Your choice on not making a minor retouch on that RH post is a curious one.
> What did you SEE in your mind?
> You have captured the shot, converted it presumably from Raw with contrast,
> exposure, noise, sharpening, saturation etc adjustments inherent in that,
> then used the Alienskin conversion to render it in monotone with all of the
> complex and subtle changes in that process, but you don't want to make a
> tiny retouch! Think what Ansel would say ;-)
> Yes I know, everyone has their own personal standard. Post more, it's a
> great shot.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA
>
> Arrrrrrghhhhhhhhh - i KNOW!
>
> Me too.
>
> BUT . . . I couldn't get an angle that didn't show the shoreline
> behind the pilings so I was forced to deal with the Real World and
> that's the judgement I made: no shoreline but a cut off (very
> slightly) post. I considered a Work of Photoshop to correct this issue
> but as a photographer I was offended by the idea since it ceased to be
> a photo and became graphic arts, or something else. Anyway, for me I
> didn't think it was right.
>
> Adam
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> wonderful image, although the missing top on that righthand post is
> driving
>> me absolutely Monk
>>
>> I have a slight preference for the blue tone
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> I have two versions of this image, unfortunately sized slightly
>>> differently.
>>>
>>> I'd be interested in your take on which you like better and why:
>>>
>>> The original:
>>>
>>> <http://www.adam-bridge.com/Images/L1005343-web.jpg>
>>>
>>> My revision:
>>>
>>> <http://www.adam-bridge.com/Images/L1005343-as-bw-web.jpg
>>>
>>> Details: Leica M8 with 35mm sumicron. The 2nd image is processed using
>>> Alien Skin's B&W conversion software.
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking...
>>>
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> Photographer's note: This was taken this morning before a really nasty
>>> storm blew in from the Pacific. (We had ducked out of town so we
>>> missed it. My son was not so lucky.) This is taken at Silverdale, WA
>>> across the sound from Seattle. Obviously the tide was out and the wind
>>> had not, yet, begun.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA)
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Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA)