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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] PESO - More In Lluis footsteps
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 10:51:08 +0100
References: <5bafb1bc-3381-4817-dc63-cd648ea7fe88@summaventures.com> <1a75d337-137a-c7e1-a162-621e8df95d0c@lighttube.net>

Jim,

Thank you. There are still a few to go that I think are acceptable. I got
through four rolls, so...

Peter

On 18/06/2016 04:54, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Considering the light that you were working with, those are very good 
> images. 
> Even the last one.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 6/17/2016 6:18 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> More from my trip to Brussels.
>>
>> In tinkering around with this lot I found a way to deal with them that 
>> surprised
>> me: taking the original grey scale to 8-bit I then used ColorEfex and 
>> used its
>> B&W conversion with a tiny bit of tweeking and it seems to have improved 
>> things
>> a lot.
>>
>>
>> In deference to many people I have scaled these to be 1500 on the long 
>> side.
>>
>>
>> Anyway. It was the week of the Brussels Jazz Festival and it was teeming 
>> with
>> rain. These are from there. The first two on the main stage in the Grande 
>> Place:
>>
>> Luca di Maio - Black Rainbow. Amazing performance. If you like jazz get 
>> this
>> guy's album when it comes out in September.
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Luca_di_Maio_Brussels_1-1.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> This guy was the star of the last night. I can't remember his name, but 
>> this was
>> his sound check:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Sound_Check_Brussels-1.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> Then there were these guys who had been playing gigs in Belgium for 
>> years. I cam
>> across them in a bar, just playing for the hell of it and really winding 
>> the
>> audience up.
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Old_Rowdies_2-1.jpg.html>
>>
>> and
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/OldRowdies-1-1.jpg.html>
>>
>> Highlights are too blown!
>>
>> All M3 on XP2 400, handheld in rapidly descending gloom and rain.
>>
>>
>> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome,
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to look.
>>
>> Peter Dzwig
>>
>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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