Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier sent me some very useful info, and now I'm working on it. Thank you all for the response folks. > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:15:34 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] My PAW Wk29 > > Hi Philippe, > > The picture itself is nice but I too was troubled by the quality issues > mentioned. > > I think you are doing yourself a disservice by not paying a bit more > attention to the quality of the stuff you put up on the web. After all, > many more people are likely to see those images than the prints you > eventually make. I realise that you are working under time constraints, > so am I (this is one reason digital is great for me, having eliminated > the scanning step), but even when I was shooting film, I only put up my > own scans, after they were properly edited in PS and saved as JPEGs with > the resizing determined by me and not software (I do not use PS's "save > for web" feature, preferring to set the parameters manually). > > Yes, it is a bit more work, but I want to present my work in the best > possible light (pun intended). Your image of the hand holding the glass > and its shadow is interesting and well executed, but it is let down by > the apparent oversharpening and other artifacts. > > Nathan > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> True about the granularity: 2 reasons >> 1) the scan (lowres that they make when I have my negs developed: a cheap, >> easy an fast way to see if there's anything worthwhile on a strip of film. >> Replacing contacts so to say.) >> 2) bad automated downsizing in Jalbum (freeware), that seems to enhance it >> even more. >> >> I scan and rework the preferred shots afterwards myself, but that >> sometimes >> takes weeks before I put myself to it. >> >> My basic initial routine is to look through the lowres, select the ones I >> like, edit them quickly in PS, put them on the web for PAW or so, and >> have a >> 2nd look at them later on or when friends ask prints. Then I scan them as >> should, and put some time and effort in the whole process of getting a >> good >> print. >> >> --- >> >> >>> From: Chandos Michael Brown <chandos@cox.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:52:10 -0400 >>> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Subject: RE: [Leica] My PAW Wk29 >>> >>> Very nice, Philippe; great catch of the quotidian (at least at my >>> house). There's a kind of granularity to it, though, that seems an >>> artifact of over sharpening, scanning, or both; this strikes my eye as >>> distinct from film grain. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> Chandos >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe >>> Orlent >>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:46 AM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: [Leica] My PAW Wk29 >>> >>> A simple one: >>> >>> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/PAW2005/slides/Wk29.html >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/czegx >>> >>> Thanks for looking and >>> Happy snappin' >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >