Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 Amities Philippe > Le 31 oct. 2020 ? 19:17, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > I agree, Jim. In my darkroom days getting the perfect print meant going > through ten or more sheets of extremely expensive paper. Today I spend > more time on an image than then, but I can come much closer to the image I > wanted with today?s tools. > > SonC > > Sent from my iPhone > > Sonny Carter > http://www.SonC.com/look > > >> On Oct 31, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> ?What 4-Star Chef ever discloses his secret ingredient? One should use >> any tool available to achieve a given goal. >> >> In the 1950s and 60s, I composed and shot Kodachrome in my Leica, and the >> resulting slides usually had enough "keepers" to satisfy me. But, we are >> not living in the past. The world is very different, and so are the >> photo tools we have at our disposal. >> >>> On 10/31/20 12:01 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: >>> How does it make a difference. as long as you enjoy it, and as long as it >>> is not seen under false pretences? After all, in all other forms of >>> artistic endeavour, no restrictions are placed on, or, indeed, accepted >>> by >>> the artist. I have never understood why photographers are constantly >>> shamed >>> by their peers to labour under a different rule. My guess is that we >>> place >>> these restrictions on ourselves because anybody can be technically >>> proficient, given endless practice and learning by rote, while a very >>> miniscule percentage of photographers can be imaginative enough to be >>> artistic, or original. >>> >>> IMHO, the first person to take advantage of this technical wizardry that >>> is >>> available at our fingertips today would have been Adams himself, with his >>> penchant for plenty of manipulation in the darkroom. He would have >>> reveled >>> in it. Most of us use Photoshop (or any other PP software) to a far >>> lesser >>> extent. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:40 PM Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh great... now everyone will be making (not taking) Ansel Adamesque >>>> pictures on a sunny day. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 02:45 Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Atomic post - mind the fallout ;-) >>>>> >>>>> But might prove handy in some cases >>>>> >>>>> Amities >>>>> >>>>> Philippe >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Le 30 oct. 2020 ? 20:42, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >>>>> ?crit : >>>>>> The Photoshop update last week (v. 22.0) includes a sky replacement >>>>> feature, something I'm not really interested in but of course I had to >>>> try >>>>> it. It would be great for real estate photographers, though. This is >>>>> a >>>>> pano I took at Ghost Ranch in 2015, with a sky from Ghost Ranch taken >>>>> 20 >>>>> years earlier. Also I see the update includes "neural filters" so you >>>> can >>>>> make someone smile or frown etc. I'm guessing that Adobe has pretty >>>>> much >>>>> run out of features for the average photographer. >>>>>> Ken >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Ghost+Ranch.jpg.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 >>>> -- >>>> Ken Iisaka >>>> first name at last name dot org or 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 >>> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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