Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> If you're in the mood for some really dramatic images check this out: > > http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2398&View=Results&Rows=4 > > The link was just forward to me. After a while all that spectacular-ness > begins to tire, but there are some astonishing photos in this group. Many > looked more representative of excellence in Photoshop processing rather > than > photography, but that's OK by me if the results are good. > > I was surprised, too, at how many were taken with pro-sumer and lesser > cameras. For each of the top of the line Nikons and Canons used, I'd guess > there were ten D90s, 20Ds and small-sensor cameras represented. I saw one > M8 > image in the first 300 (that was as far as I got). > > Regards, > > Dick > > This shot just knocks me out despite looking slightly fakey. I just don't care I just like it. http://c.img-dpreview.com/0191648-01.jpg Turns out to be a stitch. Second runner up. At at 16mm with a full frame digital canon 5d. The camrea which seems to dominate photography right now. I guess the fakey part is the contrast in the clouds. If it was me I'd just tone that down by half. Mark William Rabiner