Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, This hads been being done in publishing for a while now. For example several years ago...1989 the photographer I work with was doing a photo of a building at sunset. The building was a 15 story building..tallest in the community and all red brick and is rather modern looking. David had the building framed up with the top of the courthouse and the tall building to contrast old and new...a very nice shot. In the photos where the buildings looked good the sky was totally clear on th slide. When the sky looked good the buildings were black. So when the scans were done and the plates made to print the magazine two slides were combined. One of the buildings and another of the sky to make a very nice cover. I have uploaded a copy of that cover if you care to see what it looked like. Go to: http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto/98RCcover.jpg I always wondered how David got this photo as it is from the town I grew up in and I could not figure out the technical details how this would work. I was working for the local newspaper at the time this magazine came out....When he told me the story I understood why I could not figure it out. :) George Huczek wrote >I'm not into computer manipulation of images, but for those who are, you >might want to consider taking two, or perhaps three shots of the same >scene, with the camera tripod mounted, over a range of exposure settings if >the scene contrast exceeds the film's exposure latitude. You might then be >able to make a composite image from these, with detail in the shadows, >midtones, and highlights. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto new book at http://www.volmania.com