Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:08?AM Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Lovely series with different lighting. Well seen and captured. > > Aram > > On 6/21/2023 7:58:17, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > I had gone to the Flower Bazaar in Parrys in Chennai to test drive the > > newly released Nikon Z8 with the Nikkor Z24-70mm f2.8S lens. It is a > tough > > place to photograph, as the shops have three sources of light - LED, > > Tungsten and Daylight with totally different colour characteristics, as > > well as colours bouncing off the flowers, which also leads to very harsh > > contrast. > > > > In other words, the ideal place to test out new equipment! > > > > This was my first visit in four years (thanks to the Covid shutdowns) to > > this overcrowded, busy market, which we used to visit every month or two > in > > the days before the pandemic struck. I did an exposure tweak for this > > series - I shot in Highlight Priority mode with an exposure compensation > of > > +1.7 to bring out detail in the faces in the scene. > > > > Cinematic: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-023-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Conversation: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-052-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Engrossed: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-067-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Environmental Portrait: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-079-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Relaxed: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-085-Enhanced-NR-EditBW.jpg.html > > > > Shadow Side Portrait: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-076-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? > James D. Watson > >