[Leica] IMG: Today at the bench

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

have fun at Yosemite Bob,

good luck...I hope the weather holds up,


stay in touch,


Steve


On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Bob Adler wrote:

> Thanks Ted. I'm glad you like the BW. That was my first use of a little 
> 2/3 
> camera that has "replaced" my M9. I plan to use it when I go on extended 
> hikes... maybe...
> 
> As for changes to the first image, I still don't think it's quite there 
> with the 
> recent change. Sometimes I'm so happy with a capture that I do some quick 
> dodging/burning/contrast and throw it up on the web. I did that with this 
> image. 
> So far so good.
> 
> Then several people asked me if this was one of those "HDR" images; a 
> polite way 
> of saying it didn't look real and seemed a bit "over cooked". So I started 
> working on it a tad and I think it's a little better, but too dark in the 
> foreground. I need to work on it a bit more and we'll see what happens. 
> Heck, I 
> might just go back to the first one!
> 
> But as you say, it's wonderful when people give comments and critiques, 
> and most 
> all I've encountered here do so, as you point out, from the heart. It's 
> the kind 
> of input you won't find anywhere else; part of what makes the LUG such a 
> great 
> group. So if more than two or three say the same thing, I think it's 
> probably 
> worth taking a look at again to try to see what they see. 
> 
> Again, thanks for chiming in. 
> Bob
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "tedgrant at shaw.ca" <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 9:27:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Today at the bench
> 
> Bob Adler showed:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Today at the bench
> 
> One of the things that happens when one put's up a photograph of this 
> beautiful 
> nature and we begin seeing suggestions about how and what should be done 
> or 
> tried, we begin to have a "so called improvement by committee !" Something 
> like 
> too many cooks spoil the broth or whatever the saying is. No argument in 
> many 
> cases an offering from another member to lighten or darken; crop a little 
> here 
> or there; or other suggestion does improve the image. And we all take 
> these 
> suggestions as comments from the goodness in the heart of the sender.
> 
> But sometimes we must hang tough and satisfy our own innate instincts of 
> what 
> "we as the provider of the image likes best." Trust me, I'm the first to 
> admit 
> my instinct has been wrong more times than it's been right. I always weigh 
> C&C's 
> with welcome, simply because I just see the mage, shoot it, but I'm not 
> the 
> brightest at that extra technical edge many of you offer when it comes to 
> squeezing the max quality out in making a print.
> 
> By the way this morning is the first time I saw this beautiful image in 
> B&W!!!!! 
> What can one say but, "Move over Ansel there's a new kid on the block!!" 
> Another 
> photograph to go big 40" X 60" inches because "it's a great big scene and 
> demands to be viewed big for maximum impact!!
> 
> Just a passing thought or two.
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
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