Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html