Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just look at these! http://www.alamy.com/category/travel.html Tina On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html