[Leica] OT IMG Rerun: The Smokies, Part Deaux

[wtorry at vbar.com (Wayne Torry)]

Tina, George & Ken,

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Tina,
How big would you like them? Or, how big is big?
The prints that I gave to my daughter are 16" long. I felt that was the best 
compromise between size and framing costs. I calculated that there are 
enough pixels in these files to go up 32"-36" long. I'm not sure that I 
could afford the cost of frames at that size. I might also have to reinforce 
the walls. Grinning.

Pondering "How big is big" in the Texas heat.
Wayne

"Those are the kinds of photos I've always wanted to take of the Smokies.  I
can just imagine them printed very large on the wall of a cabin in the
Smokies!  Makes me want to be there!

Tina

m-m-m-m-m-m-m-good.
beautiful country
beautifully captured

Regards,
George Lottermoser

Wayne, these are great!   

I got home Friday, late, got a little sleep, and started on printing some of 
the Smokies images from the past few weeks.

Keep up the good work.  

Ken"




-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Torry 
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:41 PM
To: 'lug at leica-users.org'
Subject: OT IMG Rerun: The Smokies, Part Deaux

Hi Everyone!

I want to thank all of you who complimented my two photos of the Smokies 
week before last. I apologize for not updating the photos sooner. After much 
work in Lightroom (I learned how to use the gradient filter), recalibrating 
my monitor and numerous test prints, I finally got these to look right on 
paper. Final prints were delivered to my daughter last weekend. Hopefully 
they will be on her wall in Boone, N.C. for Christmas. Thanks again for the 
kind words. They keep me going.

Before & after sunset.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sunset+Print-0148.jpg.html>

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/After+Sunset+Print-1.jpg.html>

Thanks for looking. Cheers!
Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Torry 
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:55 AM
To: 'lug at leica-users.org'
Subject: RE: Why they are called the Smokies?

Two closer views of The Smokies from 5,000'+ on the North Carolina-Tennessee 
border.
Just before and just after sunset. These are not the final print versions. I 
did a bit of work with Lightroom to lighten the images overall so that they 
printed with detail in the shadows and foreground. However, the "smoke" is 
still there.
October 18, 2010 a few miles north of Boone, NC.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sun+Visible+Pano+2-1.jpg.html>

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sundown+Pano-3+Final-1.jpg.html>

Thanks for looking.
Wayne