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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Crocus One Day Later
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:51:18 -0500
References: <870F369B5A664C29891207EB2A4B8090@jimnichols>

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
>
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