Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong wrote: > I wasn't sure of the intention of the following photos, > and they seem weak compared to the other ones. > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51281.html > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51282.html > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51283.html Phong: I agree that 51282, especially, is certainly weak (besides being tilted). This girl was sitting on her father's shoes, which would have made a very nice picture. She was very shy though, and when I approached and asked if I could take a picture or two, she went over to her mother and turned away. So I instead took some pictures as her mother guided her through some purchase. BTW, your recent offerings are very impressive. I have found that the Photoshop "Lightness" channel (copied to a new document) in the "Lab color" mode is a good B/W conversion tool, especially for outdoor skin tones. It seems to provide good highlights and contrast (like yellow - 50/50/0 or 40/40/10 R/G/B in "Channel Mixer" checking "Monochrome") and also good shadow and skin tone detail (like yellow-green - about 37/53/10 R/G/B). (The default "Grayscale" mode is equivalent to 30% red, 59% green, and 11% blue in "Channel Mixer".) John - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:55 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Some Summitar pictures > Hi John, > > I like the photos of the children playing. > I wasn't sure of the intention of the following photos, > and they seem weak compared to the other ones. > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51281.html > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51282.html > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/image-51283.html > > Thanks for posting, > > - Phong > > > John Evensta wrote: > > > > I have uploaded some pictures taken last Saturday using a Summitar with a > > yellow-green filter and XP2: > > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/je/folder-5296.html > > > > John Evensta > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html