[Leica] Don's PAW week 5

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Geoff,
I think that looking at the sky at 100% would make you just a wee bit
crazy.  I change lenses a lot and had not cleaned the sensor in a long
time.  With digital I don't print many so the hour or so that it takes to
clone out defects in the one I do want to print seem a fair trade for the
risk of damage when cleaning a sensor.  This would not work for Chris's
wedding work.

Sometimes, the dust does not matter as a fair number of shots were done on
the beach and the sand does a wonderful job of hiding sensor crud.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew@gmail.com>wrote:

> Don, the spot healing function in Adobe Camera Raw is a marvel. I think
> Lightroom has the same?  I've started looking at the whole image at 100%
> where I have small apertures and big plain areas too.
> Amazing how often a spot will show up on that carefully produced big print.
> Dare I say, take a peek at the sky areas in your other shots;-) Or were
> these the pre-cleaning ones??
>
> 2009/2/8 Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com>
>
> > 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
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > 'Licence to Chill'
> >
>
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Don
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