Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Philippe, The world is strange. The larger crop was the way I originally started to present the image. Then, thinking of images I see in other galleries, I decided to enlarge the b'fly and flower. I see that both you and George like the wider view, which includes other elements of the plant. Another lesson learned! Thanks for joining in. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> To: "Leica-LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Old Lens, New B'fly > Agreed to the full - the composition and aesthetics of the 'new' image are > way above the crop. > Keep painting with light Jim > > > Amiti?s > Philippe > > > Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et > Android - En savoir plus. > > > ======================================== > > Message du : 07/09/2012 19:35 > De : "George Lottermoser " <imagist3 at mac.com> > A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Copie ? : > Sujet : Re: [Leica] IMG: Old Lens, New B'fly > > > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> George, >> >> Here is a slightly larger crop from the image that I posted today. Aside >> from the usual presets that I use in the RAW converter, I made no other >> changes. It was converted to 16-bit jpg, cropped, resized, and converted >> to 8-bit jpg. >> >> I await your comments. I always like to find ways to improve. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Unprocessed+72.jpg.html > > Thanks Jim. > > This certainly "FEELS" much more photographic to me. > For me photography has the ability to present > a minute slice of time, > in a two dimensional frame, > which "feels" very real. > > This "feeling" can come out of a decisive moment in human experience. > It can also come from the ability of a lens to record detail in such a way > as to suggest the velvety feel of a butterfly wing, > in contrast with the spiky antennae, > and/or drop of water or shiny leaves, > > When the decisive moment combines > with the cameras ability to record fine detail > and an artful aesthetic composition > magic seems to arise off the 2 dimensional plane. > > When processing (sharpening, noise reduction, etc.) > turns each unique surface and texture > into a sameness - a smoothness - something "feeling" brittle glass; > it seems the very strength of "photography" gets lost. > > YMMV > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >