Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, Guys - This is what I am competing with: https://www.google.com/search?q=zoroastrian+fire+temple&rlz=1C1CAFB_enUS636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNyM_czJ3NAhURziYKHcMEBfoQ_AUIBigB You have to stand out in the crowd if you are going to attract buyers. Here is the original photo, straight from the camera, converted to jpeg: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424161 Here is the same photo, processed in Color Efex Pro with the saturation at 6 (I also took out somebody's shoulder in the bottom right - shades of McCurry!!): http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163424164 View at Original. I don't think the differences are that great, but the second one will sell better than the first. I guarantee it. Tina On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > Come on john, be a sport, Tina hasn't added more colour than you usually > subtract ;-) > > Amities from sunny Alsace > Philippe > > > Le 10 juin 2016 ? 09:19, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> a ?crit : > > > Even in a small JPEG they look processed to me :-( > > > > john > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Sorry you don't like it. I do. > > > > Tina > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 5:44 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > > wrote: > > > >> Glad I do not in that case ;-) > >> > >> john > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> Sometimes I use Color Efex Pro if I like the look. Have you looked at > >> Stock sites lately?? Mine are very, very conservative! > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jun 9, 2016, at 4:47 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > >>> > >>> So is that what gives what looks like boosted colours to many images? > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> > >>> Thanks, Nathan. I like that one. I used Color Efex Pro applied a > >> little stronger than usual because I thought a "painting" look would > >> be appropriate. > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman > >>>> <photo at frozenlight.eu> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> That image is beautiful. It looks like a painting. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Nathan > >>>> > >>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>> > >>>>> On 08 Jun 2016, at 00:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> PESO: > >>>>> > >>>>> We visited the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd for a worship service. > >>>>> Ordinarily, non-Zoroastrians are not allowed in the room where the > >>>>> Victorious Fire (Khordeh Avesta) is located but we went with our > >>>>> friends from the cucumber farm and they talked us in. Everybody > >>>>> was very > >>>> welcoming > >>>>> once we got inside. The rooms were very, very small and crowded > >>>>> so photography was pretty difficult. The fire itself is from 470 AD. > >>>> Almost > >>>>> unbelievable!! > >>>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL > >>>> 96 > >>>> g > >>>> /I0000Y3UKBocfwEk > >>>>> > >>>>> and hit previous for more. I'm still having problems with the lines. > >>>>> Caitlyn from PhotoShelter affirmed that is not a problem with my > >>>>> files > >>>> but > >>>>> thinks the transmission might have some hiccups. She suggested I > >>>>> reload them all. Which I will get around to doing eventually! > >>>>> > >>>>> "The *Yazd Atash Behram*, also known as *Yazd Atash Kadeh*), is a > >>>>> temple > >>>> in > >>>>> Yazd <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd>, to the west of Shiraz > >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz> in Iran. It was built in > >>>>> 1934 and enshrines the Atash Bahram > >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atash_Bahram>, > >>>>> meaning ?Victorious Fire?, dated to 470 AD. The sacred fire is > >>>>> installed > >>>> in > >>>>> the temple behind an amber tinted glass enclosure. Only > >>>>> Zoroastrians are allowed to go to the sanctum area of the fire." > >>>>> > >>>>> C&C greatly appreciated. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tina > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Tina Manley > >>>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html