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Subject: [Leica] The Glory of Steam 3
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:32:50 +0200
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Hi Phil,

I generally apply a bit of "Clarity" in Lightroom 2.4 (it's a kind of 
local contrast tool) and sharpen a little until I like the result. I 
also use the brush tool or the graduated filter to correct the exposure 
of the sky (I must buy a grey grad filter someday, it's always a problem 
with wide-angle lenses). Then I crop until I like the composition.

I usually use CS2 only for perspective correction and a couple of bits 
and bobs these days - BTW, there are some wonderful free plugins for 
Windoze from a bloke here in Germany available at

http://www.vicanek.de/plugins/wireworm.htm

he is a VERY clever lad, take a look at his animated sequences showing 
how his software works - great stuff.

Most of these were shot with Leica lenses between 21 and 35 mm or a 
Tokina 12-24 zoom (a superb lens), mostly on Leica film (R5 and R7) and 
Canon DSLR (300D and 20D) cameras.

I shoot Kodak Elite Chrome 50, 100 and 200 slides and scan them with a 
Coolscan V ED.

Cheers
Douglas

Philip Price wrote:
> Hi Douglas Lovely photos, can I ask do you tweak them in Photoshop in any 
> way or is this as they were ? Spent this morning at the GWR at Toddington, 
> and photographed Black Prince with its owner David Shepherd, unfortunately 
> the fly past by the Battle of Britain memorial flight was cancelled due to 
> very high winds. Regards Phil
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:19:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Glory of Steam 3
>
> And the most dangerous one!
>
> I was standing on a slippery bank about 5 feet from the beast as it 
> steamed past and was nearly deafened as it whistled before entering the 
> tunnel just outside Grosmont.  I remember the day well, I left a whole bag 
> full of Leicas and lenses on a bench and forgot all about them until a 
> bloke hurried after me and said "Excuse me, are these your cameras?". The 
> next hour was spent plying him with the excellent real ales at the Station 
> Hotel in Grosmont.
>
> Thanks for looking and commenting
>
> Best from Hannover,
> Douglas
>
> Ric Carter wrote:
>   
>> this is the one for me
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> a 4MT in BR green (it is old enough to smoke)
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Transport/Railways/NYMR/NYMR_4MT_Grosmont.jpg.html
>>>  
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