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Subject: Re: [Leica] Dive! Dive! Dive!
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:48:23 +0100
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From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net>
To: <Leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica@topica.com>;
<paw@topica.com>; <MUGers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 8:21 AM
Subject: [Leica] Dive! Dive! Dive!


> Here's my latest.  This little guy was *fast*!
>
> http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/StLouis/3-21PenguinDive16-3.htm
>
> M6TTL, 35mm Summicron-M, probably 1/30 at f/2. Tri-X in Xtol.
>
> With this image, I went a bit further in editing than I normally do.  I
> used a fairly extreme curve, probably the equivalent of #6 paper with a
bit
> of burning-in. I also cloned out some reflections and junk suspended in
the
> water that I found distracting.  The question is, did I go too far?  I
> could have done most of this in a wet darkroom, albeit with much greater
> effort.
>
> Also, should I crop a bit off the left side, or leave the shot full frame
> as it is now?
>
> Here it is with the more drastic curve, and dust spots cloned out, but the
> reflections and junk still in the picture:
> http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/StLouis/3-21PenguinDive16-1.jpg
>
> Here's the original image, with only my first curve adjustment.  This
looks
> pretty much like the machine print I got back from the lab:
> http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/StLouis/3-21PenguinDive16-0.jpg
>
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
I like the first one best for it,s impression of speed but would have tried
to crop the whole square .
simon jessurun

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