Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not the effect itself Tina, for me it is the gap in the tones that doesn't match the lack of sharpness and depth and lead someone to suggest oversharpening. have you tried to BW it? Phx Le 20 janv. 11 ? 20:37, Tina Manley a ?crit : > > I didn't really think the effect was over done for this photo. It > seems to > bring out some of the detail that my M9 would have captured that my > Canon > did not. That's the reason for the M9 comment in my original post. > > Tina > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> >> For me the line gets crossed >> when the "effect" overpowers the "photograph." >> >> There are a few people working with these HDR and Plugin special Fx >> who truly do seem to "see" and so work in this way. >> In these cases the power of the photograph equals or surpasses the >> Fx. >> The Fx become part of a personal style but not a style for style's >> sake. >> >> I think the trick has always been to keep effects in balance without >> overpowering. >> This would apply even to simple things like dodging and burning. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >