Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, You ARE doing a lot of catching up today. I remember this post well. Was my introduction on how a simple comment can start a lively discussion on the LUG. ;-) Len On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote: > Go get 'im, Len! > :-) > > Leonard Taupier wrote: > >> But, Hoppy. That's cheating. You need the thrill of trying to >> salvage that under exposed frame or trying to figure out where to >> adjust your focus. When you're finished you have the satisfaction >> of knowing that you did it all and not the trick of a computer >> program. I must admit it is fun though. >> Len >> On Oct 20, 2006, at 11:24 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: >>> Jim, those are striking and impressive. My favourites are the >>> bubbles. >>> I don't have any experience with the infrared film, but you >>> could certainly achieve this look, too with conventional film and >>> Photoshop (channel mixer) if you wanted to experiment. >>> 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 >>> Jim Hemenway >>> Sent: Friday, 20 October 2006 23:10 >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: [Leica] Infrared ans autumn >>> >>> Hi Folks: >>> >>> At the end of September I loaded up my newly acquired "vintage" >>> Pentax >>> MX with some Konica Infrared film to see what kind of results >>> would come >>> out of shooting autumn foliage in infrared. >>> >>> For my tastes, infrared film does best when used in the spring/ >>> summer on >>> green foliage, which it renders as a ghostly white or light >>> gray, at the >>> same time it usually renders those dark blue afternoon skies as >>> black or >>> dark gray. >>> >>> I attended a wedding on Mount Desert Island in Maine on >>> September 30th, >>> about 260 miles from where I live, and the next morning I took some >>> photos at Acadia National Park on the island and later one of what's >>> left of Sherman Lake in Newcastle Maine, about halfway home. >>> >>> There was an actual lake there for most of the last century but >>> when we >>> had all that rain a year ago, the dam which formed the lake was >>> washed >>> away. >>> >>> Groton, where I took the barn photo is about 25 miles west of >>> where I live. >>> >>> Here's the photos: >>> http://www.half-fast.com/AcadiaInfrared-Oct2006/ >>> >>> >>> As you can see from this batch, the autumn foliage doesn't >>> present as >>> "ghostly" as does the earlier leaves. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information