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Subject: [Leica] Another Landscape IMG
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon Jan 12 03:15:29 2009
References: <20090112020556.A978EF86@resin15.mta.everyone.net> <9B5AA3A7880A4CC6A79B17418E67DAB9@dadquad>

Alastair

Great shot but a little dim.

here's a quick fix - open the image in Photoshop - select levels - 
select the white-point eye-dropper (right)- click it on the brightest 
white (snow, just below middle right) - move the black level slider a 
little to the right.

I think it looks a lot more dramatic; the grey veil disappears almost 
completely - let me know what you think.

Douglas

Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> Alastair for me, the darks are gone completely on screen. If there's any
> information there you could doubtless lift those parts at least a stop to
> start with? Maybe from one or more of the original colour channels? There 
> is
> sparkle and bite in the water and the mid ground ice, less on the 
> mountains.
> Some selective sharpen/contrast maybe?
> The content is spectacular, naturally. The two bracketing slopes somehow
> annoy me. They are neither mountain nor space.
> I might consider a composition maybe that was not so symmetrical. It is
> pretty static (to me) as presented. Which may be completely irrelevant but
> was my second impression.
> Did I mention that I remain insanely jealous of these trips of yours and
> that you have the mother of all dynamic ranges to deal with there?
> My two grams of krill worth.
>  
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Alastair Firkin
> Sent: Monday, 12 January 2009 20:06
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Another Landscape IMG
>
> G'day all,
>
> I've begun to work up another landscape:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/2008/icescape-8.jpg.html
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/2008/icescape-8.jpg.html
>   
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9g3acm
>
>
> I would love comments, especially any negative ones with suggestions for
> improvements. Where is GB when you need him ;-)
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
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In reply to: Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Another Landscape IMG)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Another Landscape IMG)