Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]X-rays are welcome - we?ve seen them in abundance over the, what do you call it, Halloween period ;-) Now I?m sure Katya DOES deserve this latest I-phone that has so many lenses and shoots raw ;-) again ? Keep safe and well Amities Philippe > Le 17 d?c. 2020 ? 20:48, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > Thanks, Philippe. You are right about the white balance. I got it from a > grey card, but scientific accuracy is not how we perceive. Especially with > an LCD lamp, which shines at several discrete wavelengths, rather than > emitting a broad spectrum like an incandescent lamp. I've warmed up the > white balance as you suggested. My non-photographer friends all prefer the > shot with the smaller circles of confusion, so that's going to remain my > pick. I'll have to figure something else out to do with bigger, weirder > blurs. > > Warmed up: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/50725536431/in/dateposted-public/ > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/50725536431/in/dateposted-public/>> > "Too cold" original: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1000996.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1000996.jpg.html>> > > Katya doesn't do cell phone photos. Maybe I should post an X-ray of my > knee. It HURT after this session--our floors are hardwood, and I was so > intent on getting a picture that I didn't think to use something as a > kneeling pad. > > --Peter > > Philippe wrote: > >> The second one is better Peter. Just adjust the WB so that the light >> doesn?t >> look so ? cold ? in the foregrHound. >> >> OTT: I would have liked you to post a photo of self lying on the carpet >> when >> you took these - didn?t your wife have her phone with her then? >> >> ;-) >> >> >> Amities >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 16 d?c. 2020 ? 09:28, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org >>> <http://leica-users.org/>> a >>> ?crit : >>> >>> The other night I noticed that if I knelt on my living room floor, I >>> could >>> line up my neighbor's Christmas lights just above the sofa where my dog >>> Tilly often lounges. A long shooting session followed. There were many >>> variables. The size of the out-of-focus lights in the image varied >>> drastically depending on both aperture and how closely the lens was >>> focused. I ended up with this: >>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >>> N04/50725536431/in/dateposted-public/> >>> >>> This picture is actually a composite of two images, one where my dog is >>> expressing herself nicely, and another where the Christmas lights appear >>> separated and recognizable. >>> >>> Here's the original. The bokeh balls are bigger, and intersect like weird >>> Venn diagrams. >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1000996.jpg.html> >>> >>> I like it, too, but I don't think most non-photographers would recognize >>> the bokeh as Christmas lights. Which is why I chose to make the composite >>> for my final image. What do you think? >>> >>> Leica M10-P and Voigtlander 50/1.2 Nokton. Press F11 and click on image >>> to >>> view the flickr image large. Enjoy! >>> >>> --Peter > > > --Peter, dictating to my iPad > (If it misconstrues, please excuse) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information