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Subject: [Leica] Arles Provence
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:35:43 -0700
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On Oct 12, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Wendy Thurman wrote:

> Carl-
>
> I am working in raw and learning how to use Photoshop- after this  
> trip, I'll
> try some of your suggestions.
>
> I am having a wonderful time here- it is a beautiful- and endlessly
> interesting- place.


Provence is a wonderful place where I have spent so much happy  
time...and where savoring, soaking it up photographically was always a  
great thrill...

I am enjoying your photos and sense you are savoring it too,

Steve

>
> That Place de l'Odeon image is stunning, Carl- really like that one.
>
> Wendy
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Carl Socolow <socphoto at verizon.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> Wendy,
>>
>> Are you working in a raw workflow? You might be able to adjust in  
>> raw for
>> the sky and then open in photoshop and then do a second raw  
>> adjustment
>> (sometimes even a third) for midtones, etc. and open it as well in
>> photoshop. Then merge both layers one on top of the other while  
>> holding the
>> shift key to ensure accurate registration. Finally, you can do a  
>> mask on the
>> sky layer and conceal all but the adjusted sky. It's sort of HDR  
>> but pulling
>> both exposures out of the same raw file. It works to an extent. I  
>> can get
>> away with about two stops of sky overexposure. There are a couple  
>> other
>> tricks such as loading selection using the channels palette to have
>> photoshop isolate the sky. If so you might have to use some  
>> gaussian blur on
>> the mask to soften the hard edges of the mask itself so it blends  
>> better.
>> This is probably more than anyone wants to know but it's a  
>> technique I've
>> used often when doing architectural photography and I want to hold  
>> details
>> in windows or skies.
>>
>> Finally, regarding Les Baux, don't be afraid to shoot in the dark.  
>> Practice
>> hand holding camera at 1/15th, 1/8th or 1/4 second. Practice your  
>> breathing.
>> Not everything has to be tack sharp or without camera movement.  
>> Those are
>> just conventions for people whose aesthetic subscribes to reality.
>> Silhouetted figures walking at night don't have to be sharp.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Odeon_1002_R14_31.jpg
>> or
>>
>> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Venice_0399_1.jpg
>> or
>>
>> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/europe/europe-full/Venice_0399_27_2.jpg
>>
>> You're in the heart of the world inhabited by the Impressionists.  
>> Use the
>> force, young Skywalker. See and feel what they felt. There's a  
>> reason they
>> went there: for  the light, the atmosphere; even the Mistral.  
>> Figure out how
>> to make pictures of wind.
>>
>> I've been to Les Baux. Check out where they threw the Protestant  
>> Huguenots
>> off the cliffs at Cardinal Richelieu's behest.
>>
>> Anyway, enjoy. I'm envious.
>>
>> Carl Sander Socolow
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wendy Wrote:
>>
>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:56:07 +0500
>> From: Wendy Thurman <wendythurman at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Arles & Provence
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Message-ID:
>>       <4969c7050910121256j450de309v800aa9a999e1fce9 at mail.gmail.com>
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>>
>> Phillipe-
>>
>> I've got one decent night shot and I'll get that one up tomorrow.   
>> I'd have
>> done more but the wind out there is wicked!
>>
>> I do have a street in Arles up- early morning light with what  
>> appears to be
>> irredeemable overexposure on the small patch of sky.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_WLT1116.jpg.html
>>
>> Arles is difficult- the streets are so narrow that the interplay of  
>> light
>> and shadow, while beautiful, is technically a challenge.  I am sure  
>> Les
>> Baux
>> is going to be challenging as well.  I'm set to be there in the  
>> evening
>> light.
>>
>> Wendy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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