Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would take 1, if I could find that 1. Tina On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > There are a thousand people on LUG, and probably another 2-3 thousands on > the other lists you send stuff to. Do you really want 4 thousands editors? > :-) > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should make it clear that this is MY problem, not the problem of anyone > > who is trying to help. It is my trap that I have made for myself. I > need > > to learn to filter out what I can use and what is irrelevant to my > > editing. I take every comment entirely too seriously which is a problem > I > > have had all of my life and has nothing to do with fiddling with exposure > > settings or anything else. I just need help editing content. I would > love > > to hire a full-time editor. I can't. I appreciate any comments I can get > > on content. > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:54 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at > > > sfr.fr > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> I was wondering why the combo didn't deliver what it should have and > may > > >> have found the WB to be the main cause. > > >> > > >> Please view this before/after screenshot. > > >> > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/407159-1/Image+1.png > > >> > > >> And I went a little further although starting from the jpeg > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Image+2.png.html > > >> > > >> I think that editing from the RAF would work wonders > > >> > > >> Hope this helps > > >> Philippe > > >> > > >> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible > to > > >> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > > >> NO ARCHIVE > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html