Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Zürich - St. Peter Kirche
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:39:39 -0500

> Thanks Howard.
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> The only filter I've used was the UV/IR for the M8. Everything else is
> software. A polarizer would be not such a good idea, because as you already
> mentioned, it would take the reflection in the water away. Which are, in my
> opinion, as important as the clouds. With a film camera I would have used a
> red filter. 
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> Rudy
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> On Dec 20, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Howard Ritter wrote:
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>> Ausgezeichnete Aufnahme, Rudi! Beautiful B&W composition. The dark sky and
>> plentiful clouds really make the picture.
>> 
>> Did you get the sky so dark with a red filterr? I would think that a
>> polarizer set to darken the sky would also eliminate most reflections from
>> the water.
>> 
>> ?howard
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>> On Dec 20, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Ruediger Merz wrote:
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>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4166772595/in/set-72157622753607830/
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>>> or
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/yhpokp2
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>>> Enjoy,
>>> 
>>> Rudy
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I don't think a polarizer would take those reflections away of the buildings
in the water.
And I think as this shot so much relies on detail in the sky it would add to
it as you'd get a lot more cloud textures and separation. Things you're not
even seeing standing there. As you're already getting.

Even though polarization is not an ideal for rangefinder cameras I use them
a lot. They are my  "protective" filter more often than not.
They DON'T mess with the fleshtones in a negative way.
And it doesn't matter if your going black and white or color.

Mark William Rabiner





In reply to: Message from styx at me.com (Ruediger Merz) ([Leica] IMG: Zuerich - St. Peter Kirche)