Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]More on the same theme Manchester's 'Beetham Tower' ... small beer for America/Far East but quite dominates the local landscape here and was a delight to photograph as being built http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-08-26_Castlefield_021-Edit.jpg.html The 'West Coast Mainline' going south from Manchester Piccadilly [here going through 'lovely' Levenshulme]. A standard return ticket from Manchester to London on this train line is ?321 [$537]!!! http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-11-30_HouseAnniversaryWeekend_104-Edit.jpg.html comments and criticism welcome... also I am planning on buying a Epson R3000 [can't afford the 3880] - any tips on which is best fibre [style] gloss/semi gloss paper for reproducing toned images such as these Leopold leopoldgreen at mac.com On 15 Feb 2014, at 15:38, Leopold Green <leopoldgreen at mac.com> wrote: > my monochrom is back in solms [or between factories] to have the focussing > adjusted [it consistently focusses a couple of cm ahead of where it should > so I have gone back to some of my first images and pp them again since I > am starting to understand how to use Lightroom and SFX... most have a > deliberate blue tone to them [it isn't your monitor] which is what i wanted > > comments and criticism welcome... also I am planning on buying a Epson > R3000 [can't afford the 3880] - any tips on which is best fibre [style] > gloss/semi gloss paper for reproducing toned images such as these > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-07-26_Salford+Quays+to+Media+City_045-Edit.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-07-26_Salford+Quays+to+Media+City_048-Edit-2.jpg.html > Two cranes at the end of Salford Quays [remnants of the hey day of the > Manchester Ship Canal]. Unfortunately Salford Council demolished them not > long after these photographs [because of cost of maintaining them]. A > great loss to the urban heritage of the great industrial cities. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-07-26_Salford+Quays+to+Media+City_086-Edit.jpg.html > The Lowry Theatre and behind it the BBC's Media City which has brought > significant regeneration to the area and annoyed an awful lot of BBC types > who really didn't want to leave London for the savage northern lands... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lgreen666/13-07-26_Salford+Quays+to+Media+City_079-Edit-Edit.jpg.html > Glass building, Salford Quays. Not blue toned. > > thanks for looking > > Leopold