Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, I just tried to get something out of the contre-jour shot with the ventilator fan in the centre and the yellow chair. Looking at the histogram, the shot as published has almost nothing in the way of mid tones - a slight improvement can be made with Kodak's ROC plug-in, but everything else (in Lightroom too) just creates colour noise. It does looks quite good when it's converted to BW. I expect the jury would also reject HDR shots Cheers Douglas Sonny Carter wrote: > Well That's pretty stupid of the Judges. I copied both his raw pictures > in > Photoshop, pulled the levels slider to the edge of the black, and had > nearly > the same images he ended up with. If I were doing it from raw, I could > probably match his final shots with nothing more than levels and shadows > highlight. Try it yourself. Also, the story said he was using a D700, the > same kind of Leica Kyle uses. > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > >> LUG: >> >> They are having a very interesting discussion over on the PI list about a >> photographer whose work was rejected in the Picture of the Year contest in >> Denmark. The judges thought he used too much photoshop based on the >> difference between the photos he submitted and the RAW file. The >> photographer argues that a RAW file is not really indicative of what the >> scene looks like without being converted and that the appearance of the >> submitted files depends on which software is used. >> >> http://www.pressefotografforbundet.dk/index.php?id=11708 >> >> This is relevant because he uses a Leica M8. The photographer says he is >> going to give up and just submit black and white photos from now on. >> Conversion to B&W - the ultimate in manipulation? >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >