Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/07

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Subject: [Leica] Central Park on a Lark
From: aghalide at panix.com (Edward Meyers)
Date: Wed Dec 7 16:51:31 2005
References: <p06230908bfbbe78813f5@[131.142.12.152]> <4396CC9C.1080906@summaventures.com> <p0623090fbfbca2ad148f@[131.142.12.152]> <Pine.NEB.4.63.0512071327350.25067@panix2.panix.com> <p06230917bfbcdd74db58@[131.142.12.152]>

I have a hard time changeing to computer language. That's why my handle is 
silver halide (Aghalide). I'm in Queens (Middle Village). Ed

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> Ed - Desaturate in this context means to take the color away; convert from 
> a 
> color image to a monochrome one, usually in Photoshop.
>
>
>> What does it mean "desaturate"? Ed
>> 
>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Peter.  BW400CN does have a very smooth, satiny appearance that I 
>>> don't get when I desaturate the Fuji Press 400 I usually use, or that I 
>>> see in Tri-X for that matter.  It's a nice film for these purposes.
>>> 
>>>> Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> With apologies to Charles Ives for mangling the name of one of his 
>>>>> works 
>>>>> for the subject line.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Central Park.  This gigantic "rock" is actually a piece of the ledge 
>>>>> that makes all those tall buildings in Manhattan possible. Only a bit 
>>>>> of 
>>>>> perspective correction, levels and cropping done.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/03_30A_0262_web
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the geology lesson Richard, I had never connected the two.
>>>> 
>>>> Of the two I personally prefer the second. I think that BW400CN suits 
>>>> shiny surfaces well.
>>>> 
>>>> thanks for showing,
>>>> 
>>>> Peter Dzwig
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Dick
>>> Boston MA
>>> 
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>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
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