[Leica] Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be solved, in part

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Why do you need to tweak all (?) of your colour pictures? Almost all of mine 
that I show have had no changes, I would be curious to see an untouched 
image to see what you are working with....

john

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On 
Behalf Of Tina Manley
Sent: Saturday, 21 March 2015 3:32 a.m.
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be 
solved, in part

Thank you, Frank.  The fault is not with you, it is with me!  I need to stop 
taking every comment so seriously and only take what I need from the 
well-intended advice I get here.  I literally spend a good part of the day 
crying in despair in front of my computer screen.  I can't continue to do 
that without going nuts.  Maybe getting away from the screen and spending 
this beautiful Spring day working in the garden will help.

Tina

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Certainly NOT my intent.  I enjoy looking at travel pictures... Yours, 
> especially, but also Nathan's and Jay's, to name just 2.  I mentioned 
> the issue with the colors, only because I felt there was something 
> amiss with what I thought the public at large would have seen.  Now 
> that I understand the point of showing the particular pictures for 
> content and comsposition, I understand that my comment was out of place.
>
> I apologize for interfering with your image flow.
>
> Please do not stop posting: Viewing them is my way of going with you, 
> vicariously, to many parts of the world I will never see.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> But now it doesn't look like dawn which was the whole point to me.
>
> I have fallen into the trap, again, of trying to adjust my photos to 
> please everyone.  I will never get through 16,000 edits at this rate.
> Right now, all I am doing is going through the photos as quickly as I 
> can and selecting those which might merit more detailed work later. I 
> hit Auto in LR to get in the ballpark.  LR adjustments are 
> non-destructive and I can go back to the untouched photo at any time.  
> I post the ones I am considering and hope for comments on the content 
> and/or composition.
> Anything to do with white balance, exposure, lifting shadows, 
> suppressing highlights, contrast, spotting, sharpening can and will be 
> done much later, after I have finished all of the editing.
>
> Maybe I should just post the photos straight from LR with no 
> adjustments at all?  Or maybe I should just not post them at all.  
> It's too discouraging and demoralizing.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tina
>
>