Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter,
They are lovely.
I think the B&W wins by a whisker. Both of them could do with just a
touch of additional processing IMHO.
Assuming you are a Lightroom user, then my approach would be to increase
the 'Blacks' value a touch and/or alter the curve, reducing the values
of the shadows and darks and increasing the values of the highlights to
make an 'S' shaped curve. Fairly subtle adjustments are needed.
Finally, I would just slightly alter the brightness and contrast
settings: increasing the contrast slightly and adjusting the brightness
to get the highlights where I wanted them.
I would also burn in the bottom corners, or maybe even use the vignette
tool to darken all of the corners slightly yo draw even more attention
to those beautifully back-lit catcus spines.
I have the feeling that there is a beautiful print in there just asking
to be teased out...
best wishes
Mark
Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK
Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2010) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
(2008)
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
Peter Klein wrote:
> Desert hikes can be wonderful late on a winter afternoon, when I can get
> gorgeous backlight like this.
> Black and white...
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at
> N04/4366851667/sizes/o/in/photostream/>
>
> ...or color?
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at
> N04/4366851669/sizes/o/in/photostream/>
>
>
> M8, 35/2 Summicron IV. I shaded the lens with my hand, but not quite
> enough. I never saw the flare on the camera screen. A bit of digital
> filtering in post-processing minimized it in the B&W.
>
> --Peter
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information