[Leica] your basic end of summer shot

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Hi, Geoff

You are right about the horizon.  I put the grid on it while processing and
it looked OK...not sure what I thought I was seeing.  The new Nikons have a
"horizon indicator" and maybe that is all that will save me.  Unfortunately,
the top of the clouds included the sun.  I know I could clone it out, but
even I have some principles.  Thx for the kind words and help.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:50 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] your basic end of summer shot
> 
> Ken that is a magnificent set of clouds you've got there.
> Your first offence is that I wasn't with you, with suitable cold drink
> nearby.
> Your second offence is that I would love to have seen the top of the cloud
> mass included. However I can see that you needed the foreshore part in
> your
> frame. If you have any room in the full frame you could easily
> horizontally
> compress slightly if you want to preserve a particular ratio. (move the
> near
> shoreline up). I don't think the crop is that critical though in this
> case.
> The exposure, however arrived at looks more than fine to me.
> My second impression after a WOW at the light, is that the shot needs
> about
> 1 degree (guessing cos I usually miss by about that much) clockwise
> rotation.
> However that impression is partly because the water on left appears to
> slope
> down. In fact I think it has a very subtle curve in relation to the far
> shore, which is probably exactly accurate. But the thicker band of land
> there exacerbates the perception. Depends where your eye settles as the
> level reference. I just measured it and you can set your horizontal via
> the
> water line or the skyline, being about 1 degree CW or .5 degree CW
> respectively.
> Did I mention WOW?
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> 
> -----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
> Ken Carney
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 11:26
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: [Leica] your basic end of summer shot
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_MG_8544.jpg.html
> 
> We have the world's most ordinary little lake, so I gave it the full
> treatment yesterday.  HDRI (hand-held at least), plus a little Ektachrome
> 100G via Alien Skin Exposure 2.  This is the way I would like to see it.
> Was this wrong?
> 
> Ken
> 
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