Your Old Dog Posted January 21, 2011 Share #1  Posted January 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, this is my first effort at posting some of my images. These were all shot on the same country road, all with an M9 and 75 mm Summarit, processed in CS3 and posted for your viewing enjoyment.....or not  My heart is in B&W and is the reason I just purchased my M9. I had a Nikon D200 but could never seem to achieve the kind of B&W images I see here on your Leica forum. I recently purchased an Epson 4900 printer and am anxious to see some "wall-hangers" come out of it. It's a beast of a printer !  Ray...  [/img] ,  pic 3   Ray........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Hi Your Old Dog, Take a look here My first pic post: Centerline Road series. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Your Old Dog Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share #2 Â Posted January 21, 2011 pic 4 Â [/img] , Â Now I need to figure out how you folks put the white border or matt frame around your images if using CS3? I think these would all display better with white matts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Old Dog Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share #3 Â Posted January 21, 2011 And two more... Â [/img] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted January 21, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted January 21, 2011 Ray, Â An excellent series with the b&w pictures as my favorites. Great work with the M9. Â Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinchico Posted January 22, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted January 22, 2011 Ray B&w all the way for me too. Herb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdannn Posted January 23, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted January 23, 2011 all very nice. i would like to see how the camera performs without the ultra massaging in cs3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted January 23, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted January 23, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) yikes . . . these are just excellent . . . keep posting ! Â not meaning to start a flamethrower contest . . . everyone has their opinion on this issue, and mine is that the image is finished when you say it's finished, not when the shutter clicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted January 24, 2011 Share #8 Â Posted January 24, 2011 I have a weakness for old cabins and these hit the mark for me. Looking forward to seeing more... Â Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted January 24, 2011 Share #9 Â Posted January 24, 2011 Now I need to figure out how you folks put the white border or matt frame around your images if using CS3? I think these would all display better with white matts. Â These are good, Ray. I especially like the first one and the black and white version of it. Â Putting a frame around the picture is easy. Just use Canvas Size in the Image menu. I like to put a very thin border around the image first (in a colour picked up from the picture) and then a wider white border. You may need to experiment with colours and widths. Here's a screen grab to show you how I would make the white border. I'm using CS4 but I expect CS3 is the same. Â [ATTACH]241132[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Old Dog Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share #10  Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks folks for the kind remarks. I am not a purist in any sense, I don't have the skill nor desire to be. I PhotoShop all my images to try and get the best look that I can out of them. Not that I am comparing myself to a great Renaissance painter but I can't see them not using any technique or skill available that would improve their works of art. I liken CS3 to the calipers Mikey used to carve his statues to faithful dimensions.  ECE: Im with you! I find old structures draw me in like a moth to flame. Must be that I know they could tell some wild tales if walls could talk !  DRDNNN: I expect my M9 looks about the same as all the others given the huge choice of optics. My Leica glass includes a 24mm f2.8, 35mm f2 and a 75mm f2.5 I also have a Canon f0.95 The 35 and 75 are proving to be my favorites. I've wanted these two lenses on a Leica since I was a teenager in 1965....I was right to desire them  DaveLeo: I've done quite a bit of firearms engraving. Some engravers use a chasing hammer and some use a very small pneumatic device. There is constant debate on which is more pure. A famous US engraver, Lynton McKenzie, pointed out that it didn't matter "how" the chips got on the floor, only that the "correct" chips got there! Some fisherman think it's not fair to use anything but artificial flies  Euston: Thanks for the help. I tried that but the very bottom choice will not highlight for me so that I can change the color. Right now it is set to no color or empty.  I am seeking results that most of the guys on http://www.rangefinderforum.com are getting and I'm no where close. Studying their work I see that exposing for the highlights to preserve them and pushing the shadows seems to work best. I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree so I have to work hard at all this !!  Thanks everyone for your interest and comments. (the door know was not meant to be a work of art but just that I was surprised to see the camera render it exactly as it was) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 25, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted January 25, 2011 YOD - Â A beautiful set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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