Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob Thank you very much for your kind words, you and many others are not at all novices, you made me very happy that my explanation help you, but I don?t really deserve such kind words?. Cheers! Lluis El 21/02/2014, a las 08:25, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> escribi?: > Thank you Lluis. An excellent tutorial that gives a starting point to us > novices who wish to develop our own processes. > You are very generous. > Best, > Bob > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at >> gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you Susan, Gerry, Bob, Larry and others ? I really think I don?t >> deserve such mentions, I?ve saw after years the B&W of many of many of >> you are sharing with us, everyone has his own style and I don?t know if I >> can explain my workflow as a certain rule ? , IMHO is a question of the >> personal preferences. Even so I can explain why I work. >> >> I normally work in manual mode and in digital I prefer a little under >> exposure than over exposure. Usually I prefer use old lenses, IMHO they >> give more medium tones and less crispy images to work. When I process the >> DNG I have certain ?own? rules, I try to avoid or at least minimize the >> extreme tones of the Dynamic Range, Absolute Black (Zone 0) and absolute >> white (Zone X), usually I start marking the white and the black points, >> after I do a first arrangement using the extended Dynamic range that >> offer Capture One (medium tones for shadow and lights), after this I work >> with the curve to obtain the contrast I want, finally I work on the >> classical controls of Exposure, Brilliance and Contrast an if it is >> necessary I correct the previous values I?ve do. I edit the image in >> Photoshop and I click in to the Automatic levels, generally I accept what >> PS does. If the image is too flat I try to improve it with Silver Efex >> Pro. >> >> IMHO Capture One is a great tool for work the B&W, it has different B&W >> presets, and I have also build mines. The same thing with Silver Efex >> Pro, I?ve never use the standard presets, I?ve build some own presets, >> but rarely they work for a new picture, I have to modify different >> things. >> >> When I work I always take care of the histogram, and I try to cover all >> the range. Silver Efex Pro offer the histogram and the 10 zones, this is >> useful for me, I can better correct extreme Zones 0 and 10. >> >> I don?t know if this can be interesting for you, I think is nothing new, >> last Summer our friend Geoff was with me looking my workflow, I work by >> my instinct and I think difficult made, as you say, a tutorial, this >> sounds for me too pretentious? >> >> I hope have answered your question ? >> >> Thank you very much! >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 19/02/2014, a las 16:49, lrzeitlin at aol.com escribi?: >>> >>> Lluis, >>> I am always impressed by the tonal quality you manage to achieve in your >>> B&W pictures. Especially when viewed on the new high resolution screen >>> of my Macbook Pro. We may differ on matters of composition and subject >>> selection but your B&W images are far superior to the bulk of those >>> shown on the LUG. I mean no disrespect to other photographers but your >>> pictures are in a class by themselves.? It can't all be the Leica >>> Monocrom.? The results are just as good with every camera you use, even >>> old film cameras. The big question is how do you do it?? >>> Could you describe your workflow from shutter click to posting on the >>> internet as a tutorial for less adept photographers. I would like to be >>> able to get your results in B&W images. >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information