Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geof, No, but I do have a handy clone tool to fix any print versions. And if it is just two or three it is better than the twenty or so I had before I cleaned the sensor. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Don. I assumed this to be an IR image. I thought you did well to create > the interesting effect from the light you had in the lighthouse shot. > The spot I saw (first vista shot) was on your sensor, trust me. > I've retouched the odd one on cloud shots myself! I just saw it because I > looked at the larger version to better appreciate your fine shot. About 25% > in from left and 20% down from top. Above the fluffy cloud bank. Now that > you see it, you'll be looking for it on the other 1,999 shots that trip! > DON'T look at the sky in your bridge shot in the large version ;-) > > > 2009/2/7 Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> > > > Geof, it started life as an IR image underexposed 1.5 stops. The > > foreground was in shade so not much activity. I used LR curves > > function to bring up the foreground. Probably not a spot. Probably a > > vulture as I had seen a row of them just up the road. Thank you for > > the comments. > > > > On 2/6/09, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Don the first scene is a marvellous vista. > > > In the larger version the land especially has an odd smoothed look. > > > Something in post-processing?? > > > One sensor spot above the cloud in centre, by the way! > > > You've done well to come up with drama from the sky-light around the > > > lighthouse there. > > > The picnic one misses for me. Just too much messy detail n the picnic. > > Like > > > a racoon opened their lunch for them! > > > > > > 2009/2/7 Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> > > > > > >> This past week was spent cruising up or down highway 1 in California. > > >> Truly > > >> some of the best views in the world and the food is fabulous > especially > > if > > >> you tastes run to fresh produce and seafood. First up is a view > looking > > >> south from a turn out on 1 north of San Francisco. > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+5/Hgwy+1+Marin+County.jpg.html > > >> > > > >> > > >> Second is a view north from the top of a Civil War era fort under the > > >> Golden > > >> Gate. The human figure is a civil war re-enactor looking north. > > >> > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+5/human+scale.jpg.html > > >> > > > >> > > >> Third is an IR view of an old growth Redwood Grove. In certain > climates > > >> Redwoods are like johnson grass, they grow everywhere; but you have to > > >> walk > > >> among the really old groves to respect the efforts to save these now > > rare > > >> spots on the coast. > > >> > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+5/IR+Grove.jpg.html > > >> > > > >> > > >> Fourth is a view of Pigeon Point Light House. > > >> > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+5/pigeon+point+LtHs.jpg.html > > >> > > > >> > > >> Fifth is a view looking south toward San Francisco of some picnickers > on > > >> top > > >> of the same civil war fort. > > >> > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+5/picnic+with+a+view.jpg.html > > >> > > > >> > > >> Enjoy these few shots and be thankful that I didn't put up the other > two > > >> thousand shots. This coastline is truly spectacular. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Don > > >> don.dory@gmail.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > 'Licence to Chill' > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'Licence to Chill' > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com