Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that the leaves are almost all down here and the world has gone mostly gray and brown, I thought it would be fun to revisit the brilliant color of just a few weeks ago. It was a great year for the "leaf-peepers." Color was great. There were tour busses everywhere. All were taken with an M7 using Supra 400 and either a '70's version 28 Elmarit or recent 35 Summicron ASPH, generally at f2.8 or f4.0 at 1/30. (It was really a dark day.) The scans were done commercially by my local photo shop at what is said to be "400 dpi," though I believe that applies to the finished print. The original images are 2996 x 2000 pixels (a 3.1MB JPG file) though considerably shrunk for display on the web. Critiques welcome, of course. ============================================================================== This is a tree I've driven by on my way to work for more than 20 years. I think I actually caught it near peak this year. (That's a first - I've been trying a long time.) Naturally, it happened on a rainy, foggy day. ;-) 1. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/33_0031_lug These are from a nearby bike path and park. 2. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/24_0022_lug 3. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/11_0047_lug The color from the Supra 400 was so intense, I thought it would be fun to try black and white versions of the same pictures. Simple desaturation in Photoshop produced dull results. These all emphasize the red channel, but have some green and blue, too. The final picture has a pale blue overlay, too. 4. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/33_0031_bw_lug 5. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/24_0022_bw_lug 6. http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/11_0047_blue_lug -- Regards, Dick Boston MA