Capturing Light in the Forest with my MP

[mark_goode]

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I recently went hiking with my wife along the Potomac River. We brought our rangefinders (me, an MP and the Fuji GF670 and her, M6TTL) and we chased light through the forest. It was challenging shooting black and white in a world of mid-tones but fun bringing along a medium format folder for a hike. If you're interested, you can read about it here: Rangefinder Walkabout™: Light in the Forest

 

Mark

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[christer]

I enjoyed text and pictures (particularily the b+w), but why did you sharpen each and every picture?

[tobey bilek]

Looks like a fun trip.

 

An incident meter avoids the issues you mentioned.

 

To Christer: All digital images need sharpening just like enlargers and projectors need to be focused. The trick is to do it right & not overdo. I have focusinig routines built into my photshop actions pallet and Nikon NX2 editing program. Takes 5 sec to run.

 

For large prints, I mask off large smooth areas such as skies so they do not get sharpened. You can also build edge masks to keep sharpening isolated to edges.

 

For the net, scan at 100 ppi or convert scan to 100 ppi and use 100 amount, .4 radius ( point 4 ) USM. The old 72 ppi monitors have gone the way of the dodo bird. You will find you get maximun quality that way. 350 x500 pixels at 100 ppi look good on the net and are worthless if copied.