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Subject: [Leica] Old Photographs
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:26:20 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ2aVEv_vRPXscsYEn=TUHE6cEKCb2p==4ahsYrEM2T4jA@mail.gmail.com>

Great work at reimagining previous work.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:52 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> I have been whiling away my time in the second lockdown by processing
> afresh old RAW files from my Africa trips starting with 2008, using the
> modern post processing tools available, some of which are frankly
> astonishing in what they achieve. The biggest advantage of digital over
> film, IMHO, is the ability to treat the RAW file as an unprocessed film,
> again and again, as many times as we wish. The software that I used for
> this purpose consisted of a mix of some (but never nearly all) of DXO
> PureRAW, Luminar 4, Luminar AI, Nik Collection 4, Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz
> Denoise AI and my old standby, the Photokit Suite - with Lightroom CC and
> Photoshop CC. Phew!
>
>  Here is the first set, then:
>
> Pied Piper:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html
>
> The Hunt:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html
>
> Family Portrait 1:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah3.jpg.html
>
> Family Portrait 2:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah7.jpg.html
>
> Walkabout:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah1.jpg.html
>
> Training Session:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah5.jpg.html
>
> Red Eyes:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah4.jpg.html
>
> Two Headed Hydra:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah9.jpg.html
>
> Play:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant.jpg.html
>
> Reassurance:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant2.jpg.html
>
> Food Security:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_NileCrocodile.jpg.html
>
> First Steps:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Zebra.jpg.html
>
> I have posted the images quite large so that viewers can see all the fine
> details that have been retained, coupled with the lack of noise, in these
> photographs, thanks to the PP tools at our command nowadays. These were
> mainly taken with Nikon APS-C bodies that we could not use beyond ISO 400 -
> even ISO 800 used to be a stretch! Those were the days!
>
> Comments/Criticism/Suggestions are, as ever, most welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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-- 
Don
don.dory at gmail.com


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