Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I can only imagine. The photos I've seen look greatly exaggerated but I'm sure they are true. It's a shame that anything that is extraordinary in nature is now seen as something accomplished by PhotoShop. The un-HDR ones of this scene are pretty much the same with saturations of green. We are just not used to such greens in the USA! Tina On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to redefine green, visit County Wicklow, Ireland in the Summer. > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > It was truly, truly amazing. The greens were like nothing I have seen > > before. That's why I took over 40 photos of the same scene. On several > of > > these, I backed the Vibrance off by at least 15 because it looked so > > unreal. > > > > What I saw! > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Great shot but a bit too Disney. > > > > > > My basis is the overall first impression, and the oh-so-green grass. > > > > > > Try to remember what you saw through the viewfinder and back it off to > > > that memory. A little etxextrara punch (not too much) from that memory > > > should put you where you want to be. > > > > > > bob > > > > > > > > > Bob Shaw > > > rsphotoimages at comcast.net > > > > > > > > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > IMHO, this one is much better. > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > On 2/10/2014 2:07 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > >> Hi, Bob- > > > >> > > > >> I took over 40 photos of this scene, some bracketed and some not. I > > > like > > > >> the drama of the HDR that is not available with a single exposure > but > > I > > > >> don't want to over do it. Maybe the second one is better: > > > >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154445908 > > > >> > > > >> I used Photomatix to merge the exposures. I have Nik HDR but > haven't > > > tried > > > >> it. The Photomatix software is very intuitive and gives you lots of > > > >> choices. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> > > > >> TIna > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jay, > > > > > > > > Jay Burleson Gallery < > http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > > > > "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the > > > world... > > > > who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her > back > > > anyway... > > > > because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com