Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, Thank you very much for the explanation. Your b&w images have been an inspiration for me. Ken On 2/22/2014 12:45 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Bob > > Thank you very much for your kind words, you and many others are not at > all novices, you made me very happy that my explanation help you, but I > don?t really deserve such kind words?. > > Cheers! > Lluis > > > El 21/02/2014, a las 08:25, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> escribi?: > >> Thank you Lluis. An excellent tutorial that gives a starting point to us >> novices who wish to develop our own processes. >> You are very generous. >> Best, >> Bob >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at >>> gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Susan, Gerry, Bob, Larry and others ? I really think I don?t >>> deserve such mentions, I?ve saw after years the B&W of many of many of >>> you are sharing with us, everyone has his own style and I don?t know if >>> I can explain my workflow as a certain rule ? , IMHO is a question of >>> the personal preferences. Even so I can explain why I work. >>> >>> I normally work in manual mode and in digital I prefer a little under >>> exposure than over exposure. Usually I prefer use old lenses, IMHO they >>> give more medium tones and less crispy images to work. When I process >>> the DNG I have certain ?own? rules, I try to avoid or at least minimize >>> the extreme tones of the Dynamic Range, Absolute Black (Zone 0) and >>> absolute white (Zone X), usually I start marking the white and the black >>> points, after I do a first arrangement using the extended Dynamic range >>> that offer Capture One (medium tones for shadow and lights), after this >>> I work with the curve to obtain the contrast I want, finally I work on >>> the classical controls of Exposure, Brilliance and Contrast an if it is >>> necessary I correct the previous values I?ve do. I edit the image in >>> Photoshop and I click in to the Automatic levels, generally I accept >>> what PS does. If the image is too flat I try to improve it with Silver >>> Efex Pro. >>> >>> IMHO Capture One is a great tool for work the B&W, it has different B&W >>> presets, and I have also build mines. The same thing with Silver Efex >>> Pro, I?ve never use the standard presets, I?ve build some own presets, >>> but rarely they work for a new picture, I have to modify different >>> things. >>> >>> When I work I always take care of the histogram, and I try to cover all >>> the range. Silver Efex Pro offer the histogram and the 10 zones, this is >>> useful for me, I can better correct extreme Zones 0 and 10. >>> >>> I don?t know if this can be interesting for you, I think is nothing new, >>> last Summer our friend Geoff was with me looking my workflow, I work by >>> my instinct and I think difficult made, as you say, a tutorial, this >>> sounds for me too pretentious? >>> >>> I hope have answered your question ? >>> >>> Thank you very much! >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>>> El 19/02/2014, a las 16:49, lrzeitlin at aol.com escribi?: >>>> >>>> Lluis, >>>> I am always impressed by the tonal quality you manage to achieve in >>>> your B&W pictures. Especially when viewed on the new high resolution >>>> screen of my Macbook Pro. We may differ on matters of composition and >>>> subject selection but your B&W images are far superior to the bulk of >>>> those shown on the LUG. I mean no disrespect to other photographers but >>>> your pictures are in a class by themselves.? It can't all be the Leica >>>> Monocrom.? The results are just as good with every camera you use, even >>>> old film cameras. The big question is how do you do it?? >>>> Could you describe your workflow from shutter click to posting on the >>>> internet as a tutorial for less adept photographers. I would like to be >>>> able to get your results in B&W images. >>>> Larry Z >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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