Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Afraid not the whole slide is grey in grey with a green cast, the shibs hull is grey wood the sky was grey and the harbour water too, the house in the background are weathered sandstone - guess what colour - you got it - grey :-) It took quite a bit of PS to even get the little contrast there is. May be I'll do it in sepia and say it's a long lost Sutcliffe picture - the location and the ship are just right. Douglas Richard S. Taylor wrote: > Douglas - Nice ship, but for me too much of the rigging gets lost in > the background for the photo to be really effective. Does the rigging > stand out better in color? > > >> This shot (as a colour slide) was alraedy in the rejects bin, but I >> liked the composition so here it is tarted up as a BW picture. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Ships-and-Boats/Endeavour_BW Shown at >> Endeavour Wharf in Whitby UK - Where Captain Cook was an apprentice >> and the original Endeavour was built as a Whitby Collier. >> Hope you all like it - but even if you don't I'd be pleased to hear >> your comments. >> Douglas >> Technical stuff - Leica M6, and f2/90mm on Kodak Elite chrome 200 >> slide film - weather overcast and grey >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >