Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina you certainly can't edit in anticipation of what your photos might look like on the world range of screens of course! Most especially laptop screens of any kind. Applying any new gamma curve to shift the mid-tones or adjusting contrast globally on your shot as is won't add any tonal values naturally. Both ends are clipped and you made a masterful exposure, no surprise in either. You have applied a lot of clarity and vibrance in your edit which is unexpected (by me). Vibrance should be zero affect (being BW film) as is the colour space (you left it in ProPhoto) but maybe the clarity setting (micro contrast) might have exacerbated the grain? Or it may be all from the scan process? Or the film stock or processing? Masking? What noise reduction do you use in Post? That's more variables than my brain can juggle ;-) Not to worry, I am always just interested in how other folks operate, especially successful talented folks (which I ain't!). The shot works fine for me, even though it contains a cat instead of a dog ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 30 August 2010 11:26, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Thanks, Larry. I had no idea there was a difference! > > Tina > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > For all of the cat lovers. This was in a room where it was too dark to > > see. > > > > TMax 1600 pushed to 3200, Noctilux 1.0. Leica M7. > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61953-65818-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61953-65818-Edit.jpg.html > >Too > > > > grainy to be practical? > > > > > > Tina > > - - - - - - > > Forget about the grain. Those of us viewing the picture on a Mac may see > > something entirely different than those using a PC. On my Mac Powerbook > > laptop, running OS10.4, the picture looks like a linoleum block print, > all > > black and white with no grays. I downloaded the picture and made a gamma > > correction. Now it looks reasonable. The normal gamma for the older Macs > is > > 1.8, for the PC it is 2.2. This makes PC pics look far too contrasty on > the > > Mac. The newest Macs use a gamma of 2.2, just like the PCs. so those > using > > the latest of the breed should have no problems. > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >