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Subject: [Leica] Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be solved, in part
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:46:23 -0400
References: <12440971-2606-4D24-A3B3-980FFCCBF3E3@sfr.fr> <CA+yJO1CbkD1kXzF0XBLDjQ4Eu6=LPwQN18ZXBUufc9YH6u5jFg@mail.gmail.com>

Use the filmstrip function at the bottom, quickly run back and forth, and 
will be pretty apparent which is the one (among a group of similar 
compositions) you want to spend time perfecting. You can use flags or the 
quick collection.

Dante

> On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> But now it doesn't look like dawn which was the whole point to me.
> 
> I have fallen into the trap, again, of trying to adjust my photos to please
> everyone.  I will never get through 16,000 edits at this rate.  Right now,
> all I am doing is going through the photos as quickly as I can and
> selecting those which might merit more detailed work later. I hit Auto in
> LR to get in the ballpark.  LR adjustments are non-destructive and I can go
> back to the untouched photo at any time.  I post the ones I am considering
> and hope for comments on the content and/or composition.  Anything to do
> with white balance, exposure, lifting shadows, suppressing highlights,
> contrast, spotting, sharpening can and will be done much later, after I
> have finished all of the editing.
> 
> Maybe I should just post the photos straight from LR with no adjustments at
> all?  Or maybe I should just not post them at all.  It's too discouraging
> and demoralizing.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:54 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I was wondering why the combo didn't deliver what it should have and may
>> have found the WB to be the main cause.
>> 
>> Please view this before/after screenshot.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/407159-1/Image+1.png
>> 
>> And I went a little further although starting from the jpeg
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Image+2.png.html
>> 
>> I think that editing from the RAF would work wonders
>> 
>> Hope this helps
>> Philippe
>> 
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to
>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
>> NO ARCHIVE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
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