Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/21/07 2:34 AM, "Hugh Thompson" <hewthompson@mac.com> typed: > Mark - the mixed light is bothersome in my opinion - this is the type > of situation where the M8 excels in B & W > > Hugh > > On 20-Apr-07, at 8:34 PM, MARK DAVISON wrote: > >> Here's a friend caught in mixed light at a dinner party. (Not an >> award winning shot, but I like the way the mixed light wraps around >> his face.) M8, CV 28 / 1.9, B+W 486 UV/IR cut filter, -2/3 >> exposure compensation. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/MarkEDavison/F1April07/ >> L1000771.jpg.html >> > > I'll put my two cents in on this one too you're saying the mixed light is rubbing you the wrong way my fix would be to desaturate by half. Go back to the source and it looks just like it. We get so used to our hyped up color from the results we used to get with film. The world does not have hyped up color that the average photo especially most slide films have or had. And now digital. Especially the blue from the outside. Looks like neon. That's not how it looks. A great effect though and darned hard to tone down because of that. Think the color might be bad or not so great or have mixed feelings on it? Desaturate! That's my answer. Less is More. And one could not only match the real desaturation of the real world as we really see it one could take it a step further and have it be a bit less color. No one ever does that but me. I'm the only one. And when they do I hope they ask me first. Get proper permission. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com