Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] Tree's dusk monochrome
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:21:03 -0500

Thanks Charlie though I do think it has a near full range of tones.
Is it cool to disagree with compliments? :)
I'm not that big a fan of the jacked up contrast look. It seems immature to
me. And I'm a big boy.  When an image needs #3 paper I don't go for #4.


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Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
mark at rabinergroup.com
Cars:   http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb




> From: charlie chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:07:06 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tree's dusk monochrome
> 
> Mark,
> 
> This is almost an abstract with very few tones - just black and white. Very
> effective.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Charlie Chan
> Cheltenham, UK
> 
> topoxforddoc at btinternet.com
> www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk
> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
> 
> 
> 
> On 20 Jan 2011, at 20:56, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/110119_165700.jpg.html
>> The night before last. Though not quite night.
>> I started shooting jpegs alone with my Raws to etch in those monochrome
>> settings I put in my Leica D700.
>> Its like I'm shooting prints instead of negs when I do this I feel though
>> I'm not sure if logic has anything to do with it. Or reality. Just the 
>> aroma
>> of it it good enough.
>> I get 200 on a roll instead of 300. Bummer. I just set the thing to jpeg
>> only and its 700 on a roll! I may go out in a minutes and shoot some and 
>> see
>> how that feels.
>> You three guys I told you to kill me if I ever set my camera to jpegs & 
>> not
>> raw?!?! Hold off a few days please. I'm having to much fun shooting black
>> and white again. Or monochrome as I'm having too much fun with the toning.
>> Its like I've got a packet of Berg's toner in the camera.
>> 
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>> Photography
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>> Cars:   http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb
>> 
>> 
>> 
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