Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]certainly looks far more "natural" and I find that natural light far more appealing the blooms have opened quite a bit the earlier shots probably have a different look to them. there's also something quite appealing about the darker background on your first try. you could probably "burn down" the background a bit to achieve a tad more separation (contrast) between the blooms and the background; and probably loose the bright leaf in the lower right corner. I'm sending a sample to you privately; slightly brightened the whites and did some quick and dirty burning and cropping. Certainly didn't wish to cause "pouting." I often hesitate to comment to avoid causing hard feelings. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 10, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > George, > > I took your words to heart, after pouting for a while, and went out > today to improve on the Crocus image. The blooms are now fully > open, there was no flash involved, and this image was made with an > Elmarit-R 2.8/28 on the E-510, shot RAW, but received a minimum of > post-processing. I would like your opinion. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Crocus+One+Day+Later.tif.html > > TIA, > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information