Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Jean Michel, Jim N, Brian, Douglas B, Howard C Thanks for looking. Philippe, Orange Bitters, not Oranges and bitters! Jean-Michel - my granddaughter, not my daughter, who was four years old when she painted this as a birthday present. She is used to seeing art hanging on the walls, so knew I would love the idea! Douglas, that looks like too much work, even if I could get the ingredients here, which I doubt. At the rate of consumption here a bottle of Orange Bitters and a bottle of Angostura every few years is easier! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 9:08 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Very productive, Jayanand. It's hard to spot actual differences but the > last four do give the impression of greater smoothness. I have to say I > like the last one best - the Leica clinches it! > > BTW I'm surprised to see a bottle of orange bitters in your house, as > with all those wonderful ingredients near you in the markets, I thought > you'd be whipping up your own with all this time on your hands. > > For instance :-) > > Allow four weeks to prepare this bitters recipe. > > 8oz Dried Orange Peel, Chopped Very Fine > 1 Teaspoon Cardamom Seeds (taken out of their pods) > 1/2 Teaspoon Caraway Seeds > 1 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds > 1 Teaspoon Quassia Chips > 1/2 Teaspoon Powdered Cinchona Bark > 1/4 Teaspoon Gentian > 2 Cups Grain Alcohol > 4 1/2 Cups Water, Divided Into 1/2 Cup, 3 1/2 Cups, and 1/2 Cup > 1 Cup Granulated Sugar > > BTW I'd never even heard of Quassia or Cinchona! > http://postprohibition.com/diy/regans-orange-bitters-no-5/ > > Douglas > > On 15/04/2020 06:37, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > > After twiddling my thumbs for a few days after the lock down started here > > in India, I decided to teach myself focus stacking, and shoot some still > > life compositions at home. Luckily, the Nikon Z7 has an automatic focus > > stacking feature built in, which they call "Focus Shift". After due > > experimentation to learn how the settings affect the final output, I > > decided to start. These are some of my initial efforts. Most of these > > required blending of 10 -20 images. The camera used was Nikon Z7 with the > > Nikkor Z24-70mm f4S kit lens. and the software used was Lightroom > > Classic/Helicon Focus/Photoshop CC. I first tried blending in Photoshop, > > but found that regularly introduced artifacts, so I purchased Helicon > > Focus, which is really on a different level altogether for blending a > > series of photographs. The first four submissions are blended with > > Photoshop CC, and the last four with Helicon Focus. > > > > First up I started with some oranges and newspapers: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/fs12-20200409-032.jpg.html > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/fs13-20200409-017.jpg.html > > > > Then I tried my hand at more traditional fare: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/FS-20200406-075.jpg.html > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/FS1-20200405-005.jpg.html > > > > Three variations, both in terms of viewing angle as well as formats, with > > much the same props: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+08-50-02+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+09-14-55+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+09-36-02+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > > > Finally, some design and product classics from Europe (Luis should > > recognize the camera!). Painting by my granddaughter when she was 4 years > > old: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-10+15-56-14+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE. > > > > Comments and Criticism, as ever, welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >