Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There wasn't any made, sorry. > From: MIKIRO <miki@arbos.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:49:37 +0900 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Film/digital wars > > Now she is close to me. A real woman. ;-) > I would love to see the conventionally enlarged print. > > Cheers, > > MIKIRO > > Philippe Orlent wrote: >> Basically the image was first "cut" into different pieces after deciding >> what had to be done: for each correction a different piece. >> Almost no sharpening to this one, unless on some hairstrings. Contrasts >> are >> pushed a bit in the dark zones. Some work on the skin: slight blurring in >> overlay. Modifying lights in + whites of the eyes. >> Some pushing of the already blurred zones. Beauty retouche (removing >> spots, >> work on lips, etc.). In the end, noise (about .25%) is added to unify >> everything. There's no rule about uniform or gaussian, monochromatic or >> not. >> Just what works best for that particular job. Some image editors produce >> their own grain layers even. Background blurred a bit. >> This one was shot on Tmax 100 and I was surprised of the beauty of its >> grain >> when grossly enlarged. Development was in HC110, but not in a lab: done by >> the photographer himself. >> >> Just for the fun of it I added a scan of the contact print, too: >> >> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/pIlse_p3-3.jpg >> >> Cheers, >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> From: MIKIRO <miki@arbos.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:36:13 +0900 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Film/digital wars >>> >>> Hi, Philippe. >>> >>> On my display, the image appears as if it has been sharpened, >>> particularly at magnifications of more than 100%. Is it the case? It >>> looks sharp but lacks liveliness of the skin texture, or a feeling that >>> the model is embarrassingly close to you. ;-) If I were the client, I >>> would ask some modifications. Some photographers intentionally add >>> "noise" to make digital images look more true to life. Do you do similar >>> tricks? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> MIKIRO >>> >>> >>> Philippe Orlent wrote: >>> >>> >>>> This is one of the 4 portraits. I will let you decide for yourself if >>>> it's >>>> too harsh or not (CAUTION: BIG file): >>>> >>>> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Ilse_final.jpg >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >