Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You sure are Tina! I downloaded and played a bit with the file - luminance of the blue color might be reduced -40 to -50 The ceiling of the vault above the window might gain using the graduated tool and decreasing the highlights. I'd stop there as the metallic look/texture/feel/shine is now gone. In any case, it is a very fine photo that I'd love to have taken myself. Keep the good work coming Amities Philippe Le 10 juin 2016 ? 16:01, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> a ?crit : > I guess I'm not a photographer then. > > Tina > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:59 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > >> I have no doubt you are right, just the second is too manipulated for a >> photographer to like IMO.... Can you not see quite a large difference >> between the two? >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> 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/G0000YmlbTd >>>>>>> dL >>>>>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information