Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, TED GRANT wrote: > Nicolas showed: > Subject: Re: [Leica] barcelona streets at night > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > But actually I don't try to make pictures that look exactly like the > > reality, I only try to make pictures that look nice, or have some > > feelings that I like. I don't really care about "altering the original > > scene", and that's why I use black and white film altough the original > > scene was in color.<<<<<<< > ? > Hello Nicolas > Welcome and for your picture post of Barcelona Streets at Night. I > remember Barcelona very well given I covered the '92 Summer Olympics and > saw many streets at night after we finished filing our shoot of the day at > 11 pm or later. Then on our way to supper and fine Spanish wine! :-) > > I've noticed several have mentioned the streets look too bright? Well the > street lights do whether you think so or not.... But that is always the > choice of the photographer (you)? who made the exposure and shown as a > computer image. > > However may I suggest you try some of them slightly darker for what might > be considered a more realistic scene. Even though you re-call they > appeared brighter, as quite often our eyes adjust for this type of light > source allowing for our memories to see the scene brighter than it really > was. > No offense intended by my comments just a little advice from a > photojournalist of 60 years experience. :-) > cheers, Thanks for the comments ! So I really need to look at this. I'll try to do a darker scan tomorrow evening and send the result. Nicolas -- http://n0x.org/