Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I like Color Efex and Silver Efex and the effects I get with them. If that makes me an illustrator, rather than a photographer, I guess that's what I am. Better change my business cards! Tina On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:07 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > So they are to your taste as well as making them more likely to sell? > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > 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_en > > US636US636&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1075&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahU > > KEwjNyM_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/G0000Ymlb > > > >>>> Td > > > >>>> 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