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Subject: [Leica] BW Pano of Whitby from Lythe Bank
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed Aug 23 15:41:56 2006
References: <000301c6c5e0$a5d03630$6601a8c0@asus930> <44ECA095.2040108@summaventures.com>

Hello, Peter,
thanks to you, and everyone else, so kind to have taken a look and 
passed some comments or have made suggestions.

I thought of you when I was up at the NYMR, I was looking for the 
locomotive you shot in the south, "Eddystone", but it turned out that 
it's stuffed in the back of a siding between dilapidated diesels waiting 
to be repaired, so no access = no pictures. At least the Streak was 
running, if only very asthmatically at first.
cheers
Douglas

Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> have been away, didn't see the original post, but this shot really 
> captures the mood (and the weather of the area).
>
> Peter
>
> G Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> Douglas there's no doubt you have a lot of potential retained in 
>> those RAW
>> files. I've read recently that some photographers are doing multiple
>> conversions on files like this (one for the highlights, one for 
>> mid-tones
>> etc) then combining them for a defacto HDR type effect.
>> Certainly the example I saw was impressive.
>> I don't have a dslr at this stage, but don't you tend to expose 
>> similarly as
>> for slide film, as in not to blow the highlights?
>> Don't write off the transparency film for when it suits you though.
>> I mean also regarding for later conversion to b/w. There's an enormous
>> amount of control once scanned as you would know, and especially if 
>> you are
>> sampling from the slide at 16 BIT vs 12 BIT(?) of the RAW. Just so many
>> extra tones to assist in the file integrity as you need to manipulate 
>> the
>> image range.
>> With the very fine apparent grain I've been very happy with some b/w
>> versions of Astia/Velvia slides.
>>
>> Must be very nice indeed to have the option of what you capture on 
>> through
>> that lovely glass. Doug Herr and you would be the best exponents of 
>> how well
>> that system works.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Hoppy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of
>> Douglas Sharp
>> Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:54
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] BW Pano of Whitby from Lythe Bank
>>
>> Hi Hoppy,
>> to be quite honest I did burn it in a little, but, having been there 
>> I didn't really want to burn in the memory of how I saw it at the time.
>> I'm very glad I shot it in RAW digital format  though, and not on my 
>> usual slide film, otherwise the shot would already be in the round 
>> metal container under my desk.
>> Thanks for looking and your kind comments.
>> cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> G Hopkinson wrote:
>>
>>> Douglas I think it is a terrific shot with great depth. You've got 
>>> all of
>>> that great light and clear air into the distance despite the cloud. I
>>> actually think that the colour version works well too.
>>> Since you're not averse to the CS2 and adjustments did you look at 
>>> burning
>>> in the cloud for even more dramatic effect?
>>> I had a play with the Photo kit plug in and I think it works well. 
>>> Depends
>>> completely of course on the effect you are seeking, that is accuracy vs
>>> drama.
>>>
>>> Great image,
>>> Cheers
>>> Hoppy  
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Douglas Sharp
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:25
>>> To: Leica Users Group; LEG; LeicaReflex
>>> Subject: [Leica] BW Pano of Whitby from Lythe Bank
>>>
>>> I'm banging my own drum a bit here - but I'm really pleased at how 
>>> this turned out.
>>> A very wide angle, extremely cropped and otherwise pretty useless 
>>> colour shot in filthy weather, shortly before a thunderstorm.
>>> Messed about with in CS2 and converted to BW with a free plug-in.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Ships-and-Boats/MG_4548_edited_1?full=1
>>>
>>>
>>> Let me me know what you think
>>> Douglas
>>>
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