Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now I remember where I've seen it before, cross processing. That stuff used to win awards, no questions asked. S.d. On Apr 20, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 5:07 PM -0400 4/20/09, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: >> Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>>>> >> ... the raw file is shown as a very low contrast over exposed by a >> full >> stop and a half image. >> <<< >> >> The contrast and color saturation of his raw file makes it look >> like an >> over-exposed slide film made with an older consumer zoom lens with >> a cheap >> UV filter slapped on the front and no hood. His photoshopped >> final reminds >> me of my very brief use of Velvia with Leica prime lenses. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> > > The pictures are like Velvia printed on reversal paper. This type > of manipulation is unappealing to me, just like those Velvia prints > would be, but disqualifying him on that basis seems foolish. If you > don't like those pictures, don't vote for them. If the content is > good enough to let him win, then as long as the 'content' hasn't > been changed, let them stand. If poor technical quality > disqualifies photos, Capa's D-day landing picture wouldn't have > gotten very far. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information