[Leica] looking for comments - twilight photos

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Eric, I think there's lots of wonder in those shots, and a little work with
curves could make the magic you saw.  I would have played with it, but the
dagnab browser wouldn't let me capture the picture to play with it.




On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> wrote:

> Eric,
>
> I assume you're describing the light after the sun is down, or the "quiet
> light" as John Sexton calls it.  I've done my share of that, but with LF
> cameras, long exposures and very compressed development.  I have no idea if
> a digital sensor has enough range for that or not.  But, it will be a great
> experiment, one I hadn't thought of since "going digital".  I think one
> thing you need is a contrasty subject, so the tree mass may not be the best
> subject.  Maybe HDR would work, though the jury is still out on that, for
> me.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Korenman
> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:36 PM
> > To: LUG
> > Subject: [Leica] looking for comments - twilight photos
> >
> > One of the many projects bouncing around in my brain is working with
> > that amazing outdoor light just before things go dark.
> > Not the golden hour -- I mean that very fleeting time just AFTER.
> > I'm talking the toast is burnt, but it hasn't started smoking yet..
> >
> > But it is a very tough feeling to capture on film, sensor, whatever.
> > Here are a few attempts:
> >
> > http://www.korenman.com/lr/twilight/
> >
> > Eric
> >
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Sonny
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