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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 18:01:28 -0500
References: <64709320-5AF7-4CAA-81FD-D3AA4E9BAE18@acm.org> <45678576-51B8-48C6-B162-2694FFB6B7C8@icloud.com> <676508E2-09DD-441B-88E1-C812DA5DEA6F@acm.org>

Herb,

I looked at your Exif data for the image, and it reports that it was 
made with a Panasonic DMC-LX5.  How did the Fuji comment get involved?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/29/2015 5:49 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> I tried what you suggested. When I reduced red saturation enough to break 
> up some of the solid central red, the periphery got a bit yellow, and 
> playing with yellow parameters did not have much effect. I then started 
> playing with magenta, which was a bit more successful, but I could not 
> really resolve the central area without destroying the periphery. I 
> thought at first I had an improved the  picture, but when I made a direct 
> comparison between the original and the ?improved? version, I did not feel 
> it was improved enough to be worth posting. I  think there were so many 
> spines (petals?) that the central area just looked solid.
>
> There is a possibility that some of this might be an artifact of the Fuji 
> camera. An expert at the Keeble and Shuchat department told me that Fuji 
> did not use the Bayer mosaic  but some proprietary array of their own. 
> Makes me wonder what happens when LR analyzes the RAW data.
>
> Herb
>
>
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
>
>
>
>> On May 29, 2015, at 9:13 AM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at 
>> icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On May 29, 2015, at 12:34 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>>
>>> It?s not quite Friday here, but close enough.
>>>
>>> A couple of years ago, our bottle brush had grown into an ugly tree and 
>>> was cut back practically to the ground. It is finally in full bloom.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/P1010724.jpg.html 
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/P1010724.jpg.html>
>> amazing specimen
>>
>> I don't see any separation between the spines
>> which can be corrected by reducing the red saturation
>> there's generally more than enough "red" information
>> to allow for reducing saturation
>> improving resolution
>> and still maintaining plenty of "red" color
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>>
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>>
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