Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan. I appreciate your opinion. I'm glad LR keeps the RAW file so I can go back and make as many versions as I want! Judging from some of the photos selling as stock today, I'm not overcooking them enough! Tina On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 3:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Well, now that you have shown me both, I would say that for my own ends, I > would lean more towards the less processed one. This will not surprise you > or anyone else who has looked at my pictures over the years. But I do > understand completely that in the stock marketplace which is your target > here, this kind of photo with subtle, muted colors will not sell well. As I > said earlier, your processed version has a nice, painterly feel to it, and > IMO you have not overcooked the photo. > > Anyway, remember Adams?s saying about the negative being the score and the > print the performance. Nowadays, the RAW file is the score. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 Jun 2016, at 15:54, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com <mailto: > tmanley at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > OK, Guys - > > > > This is what I am competing with: > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB > < > https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB > > > > > > You have to stand out in the crowd if you are going to attract buyers. > > > > Here is the original photo, straight from the camera, converted to jpeg: > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424161 > > > > Here is the same photo, processed in Color Efex Pro with the saturation > at > > 6 (I also took out somebody's shoulder in the bottom right - shades of > > McCurry!!): > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424164 > > > > View at Original. I don't think the differences are that great, but the > > second one will sell better than the first. I guarantee it. > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Philippe < > photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Come on john, be a sport, Tina hasn't added more colour than you usually > >> subtract ;-) > >> > >> Amities from sunny Alsace > >> Philippe > >> > >> > >> Le 10 juin 2016 ? 09:19, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> a ?crit : > >> > >>> Even in a small JPEG they look processed to me :-( > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> > >>> Sorry you don't like it. I do. > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 5:44 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Glad I do not in that case ;-) > >>>> > >>>> john > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> > >>>> Sometimes I use Color Efex Pro if I like the look. Have you looked at > >>>> Stock sites lately?? Mine are very, very conservative! > >>>> > >>>> Tina > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>>> On Jun 9, 2016, at 4:47 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> So is that what gives what looks like boosted colours to many images? > >>>>> > >>>>> john > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, Nathan. I like that one. I used Color Efex Pro applied a > >>>> little stronger than usual because I thought a "painting" look would > >>>> be appropriate. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tina > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman > >>>>>> <photo at frozenlight.eu> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That image is beautiful. It looks like a painting. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>> Nathan > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 08 Jun 2016, at 00:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> PESO: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We visited the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd for a worship > service. > >>>>>>> Ordinarily, non-Zoroastrians are not allowed in the room where the > >>>>>>> Victorious Fire (Khordeh Avesta) is located but we went with our > >>>>>>> friends from the cucumber farm and they talked us in. Everybody > >>>>>>> was very > >>>>>> welcoming > >>>>>>> once we got inside. The rooms were very, very small and crowded > >>>>>>> so photography was pretty difficult. The fire itself is from 470 > AD. > >>>>>> Almost > >>>>>>> unbelievable!! > >>>>>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL > >>>>>> 96 > >>>>>> g > >>>>>> /I0000Y3UKBocfwEk > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> and hit previous for more. I'm still having problems with the > lines. > >>>>>>> Caitlyn from PhotoShelter affirmed that is not a problem with my > >>>>>>> files > >>>>>> but > >>>>>>> thinks the transmission might have some hiccups. She suggested I > >>>>>>> reload them all. Which I will get around to doing eventually! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> "The *Yazd Atash Behram*, also known as *Yazd Atash Kadeh*), is a > >>>>>>> temple > >>>>>> in > >>>>>>> Yazd <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd>, to the west of Shiraz > >>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz> in Iran. It was built in > >>>>>>> 1934 and enshrines the Atash Bahram > >>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atash_Bahram>, > >>>>>>> meaning ?Victorious Fire?, dated to 470 AD. The sacred fire is > >>>>>>> installed > >>>>>> in > >>>>>>> the temple behind an amber tinted glass enclosure. Only > >>>>>>> Zoroastrians are allowed to go to the sanctum area of the fire." > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Tina > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Tina Manley > >>>>>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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