Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just tested the 60mm TL on my CL and was blown up by the colors and sharpness. I hope you agree with me? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/295511-testing-leica-60-mm-tl/?do=findComment&comment=3708146'>More sharing options...
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Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted March 24, 2019 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/295511-testing-leica-60-mm-tl/?do=findComment&comment=3708147'>More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted March 24, 2019 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/295511-testing-leica-60-mm-tl/?do=findComment&comment=3708148'>More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted March 24, 2019 Jacek, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted March 24, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Louis said: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I agree, very strong colours of exotic-looking plants. But the green of these leaves do not look right to me. If possible, shoot a Pantone ColorChecker to ensure your system knows what a neutral grey looks like. With plant photography I find setting white balance is crucial if colour fidelity is important. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) David, thank you. It was shot in a dark shade of the late afternoon, so, what you are mentioning here is, maybe, due to my PP, trying to lighten the shot. This may also be the difference of our monitor's calibration, although I believe the colors of the two other shots are quite accurate! Edited March 24, 2019 by Louis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted March 24, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 57 minutes ago, Louis said: David, thank you. It was shot in a dark shade of the late afternoon, so, what you are mentioning here is, maybe, due to my PP, trying to lighten the shot. This may also be the difference of our monitor's calibration! Louis, I hope you will forgive me for tinkering with your flower picture. I worked on a copy in LR but had no neutral tone to sample. So I made slight adjustments in WB which removed some blue from the lower green leaves, but also added warmer tones to the blue flower. So I erased the effect on the petals leaving them as originally shown. There was a distinctly blue component in the green leaves which did not look right. But only you know how the orignal subject appeared in your lighting. I recommend that you experiment with a calibrated neutral gray card, such as WhiBal (no longer available in the UK) or a ColorChecker which is what I now use. (A fraction of the price of a Leica lens) Then, regardless of the ambient lighting conditions, you can remove any colour contamination when photographing colour critical subjects. My monitor is an Eizo recalibrated every 200 hours or thereabouts. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited March 24, 2019 by wda Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/295511-testing-leica-60-mm-tl/?do=findComment&comment=3708515'>More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) David, thank you very much for correcting the colors that, indeed, look much better now. But I think I do prefer it to be a little "darker" and "richer."... I think I should be more careful next time I am using my PS at night with tired eyes! I do have a grey card from my days of using film; but I think working now with digitals and digital photography softwares is so exciting that I never used it. Besides having accurate colors for some shots, I find it also entertaining to manipulate colors according to your mood of the day! In the old days, I used filters a lot and had fun in the darkroom for BW shots. But now, PS and LR have replaced all those old stuff! Kind regards, Louis Edited March 24, 2019 by Louis 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted March 24, 2019 Share #9 Posted March 24, 2019 Thank you Louis. Colour perception is a very personal sense. That is why I hesitate to comment except when a subject stimulates a response. I would stress that most of the time I accept AWB. The exception is when photographing in gardens and capturing horticultural subjects do I try and get a good reference for correction later. A gray card from film days is seldom as accurate as a modern calibrated card. But few people can tell the difference. I always take extra care with pictures destined for publiication; and pictures on the forum come into that category. Sometimes photographers forget to embed colour profiles in their files, thus undoing all previous good work in their workflow. But that is another subject. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 24, 2019 Share #10 Posted March 24, 2019 Lovely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted March 25, 2019 Stuny, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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