Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just got finished updating the other two images, and I think they all benefitted from my modified approach. Maybe I should just post senorita images, where such defects go unnoticed. ;~)) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3 > Well, I still see it (also on the other image with blue sky in the > background), just not as much as before. I think that at the end of the > day there is not much you can do about it. The phone probably has an > extremely aggressive sharpening algorithm built in and there is nothing > you can do about that. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Oct 1, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Nathan, >> >> Thanks for the comment on the halo. I have reprocessed the image with no >> capture sharpening, and very slight final sharpening, and, on my monitor, >> I can no longer see the halo. I don't want the phone-camera to get the >> blame for my poor post work. This was a case of using ACR to adjust a >> jpeg image, and I assumed that capture sharpening would help. Obviously, >> that is not the case. >> >> Reworked image, same link: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Original+Stinson+Trademark+on+Tail.jpg.html >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" >> <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3 >> >> >>> Nice plane, but you should always have a proper camera--especially the >>> last picture clearly shows off the limitations (oversharpened, halo >>> around the plane). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> >>>> Dropped in at the local airport for a few minutes this morning, and >>>> spotted a lucky pilot tying down his recently fully restored 1948 >>>> Stinson 108-3. I could see that the outside was perfect. When asked >>>> if I wanted to see the inside, I was amazed to see that the full >>>> instrument panel was also original. The whole airplane was a step back >>>> in time to the days when flying was much simpler and one was free to go >>>> almost anywhere he desired. >>>> >>>> I have never flown a Stinson, but felt a connection because Eddie >>>> Stinson's father was City Engineer at one time in the little >>>> Mississippi town where I grew up, and the now gone grass airport was >>>> named Stinson Field. In the 50s I flew into it when it was all grass, >>>> and later when the local crop dusters put in an 1800ft narrow blacktop >>>> runway. >>>> >>>> The Stinson was parked with the old DC-3 in the background. >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fully+Restored+1948+Stinson+108.jpg.html >>>> >>>> The nose carries the popular name: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flying+Station+Wagon.jpg.html >>>> >>>> And the tail carries the famous Stinson trademark: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Original+Stinson+Trademark+on+Tail.jpg.html >>>> >>>> All captured with the only camera that I had with me, my Samsung Convoy >>>> II phone. >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >