Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now you know why I shoot with a minus 2/3 exposure comp - protect the highlights and then anything is possible... Jay On 12/5/2014 5:55 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > This scene is what really showed me the potential of the Monochrom. I took > two exposures--the one I posted, and another that unedited, looked more > like yours. The amazing thing was that in RAW, I could make either one look > like the other. Or anything in between. You can pull and push the files > like taffy, beyond the point of unacceptable grain, banding or blowout on > most other cameras, and they still looked great. As long as you don't hit > the white "ceiling," you can do almost anything you want. > > --Peter > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > wrote: > >> A slightly different take on the Pampas Grass that Peter K & I saw last >> Tuesday. >> Ravenna Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington >> Leica Monochrom, APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH., iso 320 >> >> Backlit Pampas Grass >> http://tinyurl.com/k759yee >> >> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size. >> >> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome! >> >> Jay