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Subject: [Leica] IMG: White Lily - Original from RAW file
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:39:48 -0500
References: <102620091736.3431.4AE5DE240007633600000D67223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <4AE5E4E7.5090901@gmx.de><0EB6A761648547589DA4835EA97A37CE@jimnichols> <4AE5E744.4060608@gmx.de><E3D7B2635364416EAD331118AFF3990A@jimnichols> <4AE620AE.2020406@gmx.de>

Yes, food on the table comes first!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: White Lily - Original from RAW file


> Thanks Jim,
>
> Very often trial and error - the only way to learn. :-)
>
> I'm still very much of a rank amateur when it comes to understanding and
> using alpha channels, layers, feathering and all those other things in 
> CS2.
>
> But I'm satisfied that I can make it do more or less what I want it to,
> and that's enough for me.
>
> I would really like to get into the deeper mysteries of Photoshop, but
> it's far more important for me keeping up with the advances in
> translation memory and terminology management software like SDL Trados,
> and how to make MS Office jump through hoops - in a way, my life as a
> translator depends on it.
>
> All the best from Hannover
> Douglas
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Your Photoshop talents are duly noted!  Having seen a number of your
>> finished products over the years, I have long appreciated your fine work.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at 
>> gmx.de>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: White Lily - Original from RAW file
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Jim,
>>>
>>> Just for the sake of comparison, this is a jpeg exported directly from
>>> the RAW file
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/White_Lily_MG_1089.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> Hi Douglas,
>>>>
>>>> The enlarged version is outstanding.  Beautiful rendering of the lily!
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp"
>>>> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:05 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: White Lily
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Gene,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've made another version (better?).
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/White_Lily_MG_1089-Edit-2.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think a touch lighter might be in order on this one - BTW, the
>>>>> sequence is totally different.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I'm trying to do is find the best way to get the flower out of a
>>>>> dingy (and spotty) grey background without too much work with Magic
>>>>> Wands, Lassoos and the like.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
>>>>> grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Douglas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like the composition, but seems a bit blown out for my taste.
>>>>>> Maybe a half to a stop darker.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gene -------------- Original message from Douglas Sharp
>>>>>> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>: --------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it's not Friday, but here's a flower anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *http://tinyurl.com/yhyt3a7*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of a series I shot in 2005. I just played around
>>>>>>> with CS2 and
>>>>>>> Lightroom this morning until it came out like this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure whether I could reproduce the result (or even
>>>>>>> whether it's
>>>>>>> worth reproducing).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let me know what you think. Comments, advice and
>>>>>>> criticism more than
>>>>>>> welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Technical details: Canon 20D, Leica 4/100 Macro-Elmar-R
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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