Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Bob-- I thought them a little flat, too. But, maybe you'll start a trend. I'll look back at them with your thinking now. Nice bird work. ric On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:58 AM, bob palmieri wrote: > When we were in San Fran we went to the DeYoung Museum and saw > (among other things) an exhibit of platinum prints of plants shot > 100 years ago by a guy named Edwin Hale Lincoln. This stuff had me > in tears, it was so beautiful. > I'm currently working on a calendar for a place in Elk which will > include some of the snaps you saw and, after seeing those prints at > the museum I was starting to get the feeling that I don't have the > stones to be subtle. So, I've been leaning towards the less- > contrast-&-saturation end of the spectrum. Yeah, I know I ain't > doin' platinum prints and that a color calendar is a different > animal; it's still good to be reminded that what we do is always > partially about using the right tool for the job.