Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking Pablo. I know that it is no creative masterpiece. I should have been a better director rather than take the turista snapshot view. It's more that we have been discussing various fifty mm lens recently and this was with my own (the Summilux asph). I shot a few more frames that are maybe a bit better put together. We had a half day tour with this lady and I missed a lot of Gaudi architecture details waiting to see our tour guide with backlit hair which was the vision I had in mind. I didn't get a suitable photo op until this last location and not quite the light I wanted. On the dodging, I have just used a Photokit plug-in which gives a graduated burn in or dodging to the required areas. Much better than I could do it manually. Cheers Geoff -----Original Message----- FSubject: Re: [Leica] IMG: A Norwegian Senorita in Barcelona Hi Geoff, this portrait is outstanding... exposure is spot on as it seems to be all you did in PS. one thing I'm not sure of is framing, maybe going a bit backwards, or for a 35 lens, would mean letting us see her hands which is usually that really adds something else about the portrayed subject and I'd bet this wonder woman had that "something else" I'm talking of. I wonder what or rather why you used the dodging tool... that's a tool I could never get tamed to it, or maybe it's me that I should've tamed the tool instead ? I find it not only hard to use but destructive, you seem to be mastered a dodging tool course. regards Pablo hoppyman@bigpond.net.au wrote: > > > LUG travellers, something slightly different while I am showing colour from > Barcelona. A single photograph in this post. > > This charming lady was our tour guide for a day in Barcelona. We had seats > in > a nice Mercedes people carrier with fun international > company and a very professional and friendly guide. A great way to get an > introduction to the city. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/BC33.jpg.html> > http://tinyurl.com/yu4xfj > > Quick gear head information, this is the Summilux 50 asph. Colour is > unaltered > from scan, except that it has lost a little > saturation in conversion to sRGB for web. The exposure was for the > mid-tones > (lovely grey concrete!) > > Minor crop, restoration of sharpness lost in scan and much downsizing, > plus a > little dodging to centre area. > > > > You are welcome to comment or tell me your opinion on this lens's > performance. > Some will know that it is my favourite. This picture > is an example of why. > > -- _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information