[Leica] Mark's PAW - caught up. Phew!

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Hi Lluis,

thanks for looking and commenting.  It's not that hard to make decent 
B&W conversions in Lightroom with files from the M8.  It would be even 
better if the Alien Skin photoshop plugin worked in Lightroom.  Then it 
would be easy to add grain effects to simulate the look of film.
Thatsaid, the conversions are quite satisfying as they are.

Best wishes


Mark



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2010)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
Picture a week (2009)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
                (2008) 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008


Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> I like very much how you manage B&W on the M8, the first one smooth 
> great tones and the second one more contrasted and very rich B&W!
> 
> Cheers
> Lluis
> 
> El 03/05/2010, a las 11:20, Mark Pope escribi?:
> 
>> A bit of a mixed bag to bring my PAW up to date....
>>
>> Week 15 - taken at a recently opened National Trust property called 
>> Croome Park, not far from Worcester.  The house has had a rather 
>> varied past.  It has been the home of the Duke of Coventry, a Catholic 
>> boys' school, a Hare Krishna school and a nightclub.  It still has 
>> some very interesting original features designed by the architect 
>> Robert Adam, who was a personal freind of the Duke and the grounds 
>> were the first to be designed by 'Capability' Brown.
>> The building is currently virtually empty as it is in dire need of 
>> restoration.  Sadly, due to health and safety concerns, much of the 
>> house is out of bounds to the general Public.
>> I made good use of my 12mm CV lens - this is a shot taken from the 
>> 'Long Room'.
>>
>> M8, CV 12mm, ISO 640.
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week15-1.jpg
>>  
>>
>>
>> Week 16 - the remains of an old farm cart.  I'm a real sucker for this 
>> type of stuff :-)
>>
>> M8, 28mm Elmarit, ISO 160
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week16-1.jpg
>>  
>>
>>
>> Week 17 - Baby spiders.  Dozens of 'em!  They just appeared on the 
>> drainpipe leading to a water butt in the back garden   As the light 
>> was nice and soft, I decided to have a go at photographing them with a 
>> macro lens before it poured with rain (it's a bank holiday weekend - 
>> what do you expect!).
>> I'm becoming a bit disenchanted with the Canon 20D - it's definitely 
>> showing its age compared to the M8 and Panasonic GF1.  So I may look 
>> at upgrading it to something like a 5D mark 2 when funds permit.
>>
>> Canon 20D, 100mm Macro lens, 1/2 sec f16, tripod and mirror lock-up.
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week17-1.jpg
>>  
>>
>>
>> So, that's me up to date. I hope you like them.
>>
>> C&C are welcome as always.
>>
>> Off to make some peanut cookies and sourdough bread now!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Mark
>> -- 
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Pope,
>> Swindon, Wilts
>> UK
>>
>> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
>> Picture a week (2010)  
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
>> Picture a week (2009)  
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>>               (2008) 
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>>
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