Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for taking the time to look and comment Ted. I generally work every good frame to some extent. But nothing extraordinary. Simply: adjust color and contrast to speak of "life" as I see and felt it (generally looking for neutral, natural color balance and a bit of snap). tweak the composition (crop if needed) to achieve an asymmetrical, solidly balanced effect (remove any distracting lines or forms) which hopefully invites the eye to move about effortlessly. No fancy Photoshop filters or retouching. The 100 apo macro and 2x extender does produce a somewhat "painterly" effect in out of focus areas. especially when combined with high ISO on the DMR. Tomorrow's Friday flower shows this "painterly" effect too - i think. (stay tuned) Indeed! - aging, at a certain point, sucks in most regards. Yet age we do - no point wasting "hate" energy on it. As long as we can see the light falling on the forms we can practice our craft and continue to learn as well as guide those who run past us. ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 3, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > George Lottermoser showed: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Thursday thistle > > >> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=1534>, > Hi George. > Quite an interesting photo. But I do have to ask, did you do any > fixing or fiddling of the subject frame? > > I quite like it, but it does appear some what "painterly" looking > so I thought I'd ask. Hopefully no offense taken as the question > isn't meant in that fashion. > As of late, me slowing down too much, I find I spend far more time > shooting flowers not just on Fridays, but damn near every day the > weather and light on the flowers turns me on photographically. I > hate this stupid aging process crap! > Besides the flowers don't give me a hard time about taking their > pictures! :-) > > cheers, > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information