Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Learning from Bokeh and Histogram Discussions
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Jan 22 11:39:04 2009
References: <DA6D9325999B4C8895290D822D3DC1D3@jimnichols> <36172e5a0901221124i66cfda69p9acd4ae2dbd3025a@mail.gmail.com> <6BB3326293564D85B1CA4204DD1AF01A@jimnichols>

Jim its magic! If you want more power you can look at getting LR or the big
one, PS of course. Some people qualify for non-commercial or academic
pricing. I would say that LR2 is made for you.

2009/1/23 Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net>

> Geoff,
>
> Thanks for looking,  and for your comments.  I have a lot to learn about
> RAW processing, but, it would seem that there is a lot of room for
> improvement when one learns the tricks.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew@gmail.com
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Learning from Bokeh and Histogram Discussions
>
>
>
> Jim you have partly recovered some of the white fur which is an improvement
>> for sure. Bright sunlit white fur with shadows around is a tough subject.
>> The crop works and you get rid of some of the noisy shadows too. The
>> digital
>> darkroom is a cool place to spend some time.
>>
>> 2009/1/23 Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net>
>>
>> I have taken to heart the discussions or bokeh and positioning of the
>>> exposure histogram that have appeared on the LUG this past week, and
>>> decided
>>> to see if I could improve on a RAW image that I had post-processed and
>>> posted recently. While I could not go back and re-expose the image that
>>> included a wide range of shadow and highlight, I found that I could make
>>> improvements in the way I handled the RAW image. The original and
>>> reworked
>>> images are linked below.
>>>
>>> Original image
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Backyard+Visitor.tif.html
>>>
>>> Reworked image
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Reworked+Visitor.tif.html
>>>
>>> I like the bokeh of the  Takumar 50/1.4
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> Life's too short for slow zooms
>>
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-- 
Cheers
Geoff
Life's too short for slow zooms

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