Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes! On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > Not really, Peter. I could not have got that look without the Monochrom > and the files it produces. Ask Tina or John M. & they'll affirm that. > All the information was there; but the raw file has such a long tonal > scale (e.g. looks really flat) and you have to place the shadows and > highlights where you personally wish them during PP. > The camera-produced jpgs push everything equally from both ends, and > compress the all the tonalities equally bad, but the raw files are amazing. > It is exactly the same as wet printing - you have a neg, so choose your > paper contrast, developer, and burning / dodging regimen to produce the > look you wanted when you took the picture. > But only if your neg has all the info in it could you get that print that > made you gasp (and the Monochrom does that). > Only now it is done with electrons! > > Jay > > On 1/2/2014 7:08 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > >> OK so it's your PP not the M >> >> Peter >> >> >> On 01/01/2014 22:23, Jay Burleson wrote: >> >>> Peter, thanks for looking! >>> The raw images were pretty flat, so they were pumped up some in LR, while >>> holding the blacks up to keep detail. >>> Nothing too dramatic, I did have a yellow filter on the lens to help the >>> skies. >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> On 1/1/2014 10:30 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: >>> >>>> Jay, >>>> >>>> I have been following this series with a great deal of interest as I >>>> know the >>>> area well. >>>> >>>> >>>> The M gives an interesting combination of light and detail. Are these >>>> the basic >>>> images, or have you PS'd them or something? I thought that earlier ones >>>> from >>>> other sites that you visited were less grey, stronger blacks: greater >>>> density if >>>> you like. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> [For those who don't know the area, the Castle is pre-Norman in origin >>>> (it goes >>>> back to the late ninth Century) and was only destroyed after treachery >>>> in the >>>> mid-seventeenth. The damage was caused by blasting the walls with >>>> gunpowder to >>>> undermine them.] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/01/2014 15:50, Jay Burleson wrote: >>>> >>>>> All with Leica Monochrom, Summicron-M 1:2/ 35 mm ASPH., iso 320 >>>>> >>>>> Looking Northeast >>>>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England- >>>>> 2013/Monochrome/L1002095 >>>>> >>>>> Tower Remains >>>>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England- >>>>> 2013/Monochrome/L1002097 >>>>> >>>>> Please click on an image to view a larger version. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome! >>>>> >>>> > -- > Jay, > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the > world... > who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her back > anyway... > because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com