[Leica] Couple of Alternative Mountainscapes

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)]

On Feb 18, 2008, Richard Endress wrote:

>
> Bob,  Nice shots!  How did you get images this sharp? Was there a
> window to degrade the image or where you just shooting through the
> wind?  I was flying in a private plane shooting infared film and was
> not pleased with the results from shooting through plexiglass
> window.    Richard
>
>
Richard -

Well... normally I just let those shots-through-the-ever-so- 
protective plane windows on commercial flights go by, but this time I  
was seized by a real imperative to quick-move-the-camera-around-'till- 
the-light-and-dark-stuff-makes-the-frame-sing.

So, I just went for it with the lowest ISO-highest-shutter-speed- 
optimum-aperture-hold-it-real-steady approach.  Also, I did wipe my  
window as clean as possible from the inside....

The sharpness of the final product is a combination of shameless use  
of The Red Channel combined with re-mapping a somewhat narrowed  
histogram so that there's less real bit depth across the tonal scale.

Also, that's kindof the way the surfaces were delineated 'cause of a  
combination of snow, ice, topology and late afternoon sun.

Bob Palmieri