Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know... *sigh* On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Bob the very best way to absorb the instruction from Don Lluis is to walk > and shoot with him all day in a superb city environment (with intervals for > delicious Catalan food) then sit over a beer in front of the computer with > Lluis. You need to go to Barcelona! > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 21 February 2014 17:25, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > -- Bob Adler