Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Times have changed, I used to wait for some clouds at late dusk to shoot 30 second shots to get skies like that. Don don.dory at gmail.com On Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 10:01 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I use the sky replacement now and then - in fact I started using Skylum > Luminar because of this feature - they were a couple of years ahead of > everyone else in offering this feature. > The sky does not have to be very obvious or intrusive to work wonders - and > I find it works better in architecture photographs than other subjects. > Like HDR, it is a definite case where less is more, where all we need is > some detail in an otherwise empty and flat negative space. Here are a few > that I added a bit of sky to, as examples of the way I use sky replacement. > The last two shots, from 2007, are unusual in the sense that they are taken > with film, scanned and digitized, after which the sky was added in post > processing: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-697-EditBW.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-594-Edit.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130903_0719.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130831_0188.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/taj/JG50Agra2+copy.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/fatehpur/JG14Fatehpur.jpg.html > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:38?PM Ric Carter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > > > I agree, it?s much more accessible image. > > > > It?s hard for us old journalists to do these things, but like Cuz Sonny, > > I?m learning to do it. > > > > I?ve taken to watermarking images I significantly alter as: Fauxtograff. > > It admits what still feels like a lie. > > > > Ric > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 20, 2025, at 11:34 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > > > Looks much better, doesn't it? > > > > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 8:15?PM Sonny Carter via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> JLSeagull Sony A7cr, Sony 50mm f1.2, @ f1.2 1/4000, ISO 100 > > >> Sky added in Photoshop > > >> > > >> https://sonc.com/look/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC07178-12-web.jpg > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Sonny > > >> www.SonC.Com/Look > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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