T/TL/TL2 image thread

[clavewifi]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

Hello W,

 

Thank you very much for your kind feedback.

 

I am not very good or knowledgeable with LR. I have been working with Photoshop since Photoshop 4, and the one I have now is C2, which is not new, either. Therefore, I feel much more comfortable with PS and never had the patience of learning LR well.

 

I always shoot in RAW, therefore color. My raw files are converted to tiff in LR because my PS being too “old” does not support the T raw files.

 

Then, my PP is mainly done in PS. I try to have the contrast, tonalities and DR that I like before going to Silver Efex that is also the old version, but still very decent. I believe that by working first with the color version, I can get better tonalities in monochrome.

 

Of course, then I am also tweaking the B/W in PS to get the effects I am looking for.

 

I hope I could answer your question; if not, feel free to let me know.

 

Kind regards,

Louis,

 

I played around with Silver Efex Pro 2 last night and I'm very pleased with the outcome. B&W is significantly better than Lightroom 6 which I am using. I have no idea how they do it but they take away the awful digital look. It's (almost) like in the good old film days.

This might be off topic but it's because of the unpleasing colours I dumped all my Sony full frames and the Fuji X-Pro 2 and achieved the Leica T eventually. Somehow they managed to save the colours in digital age.

 

Best regards

W.

[Belle123]

While working on cleaning the sensor on my infrared T this morning.... with Summilux m 35mm wide open.

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!

[Louis]

Since we had a discussion about B/W conversion, here a few more shots taken with T, and converted to B/W with Silver Efex.

 

 

 

[robert blu]

Excellent B&W Louis, love the tones!

robert

[Louis]

Some colors for a change!

 

After posting a number of monochrome photos recently, I just remembered that T can also shoot colors!... So, here are a few quick shots of store windows!

 

All shot with Leica T with Nikkor 50 mm, f/1.4, in RAW, and processed in PS.

 

 

 

 

[blueskyoveraquatic]

T + 50mm Cron-R (@ a restaurant)

 

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!

[blueskyoveraquatic]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

T + 50mm Cron-R (@ a restaurant)

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!

[blueskyoveraquatic]

T + 50mm Cron-R

 

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!

[Daedalus2000]

One of my first test shots with the 35TL lux. Looks like a sharp lens with nice bokeh. I found it second-hand at a good price after waiting for a long-long time for one to appear... :-)

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 May 14, 2017 by Daedalus2000

[Louis]

T + 50mm Cron-R

 

I very much like the movement in the first shot. But I believe you could improve it even further with a little more PP. To my eyes, it needs a little more contrast.  

[blueskyoveraquatic]

I very much like the movement in the first shot. But I believe you could improve it even further with a little more PP. To my eyes, it needs a little more contrast.

Louis,

Thank you very much for inputs!  Actually, I had decreased the contrast of this photo in pp since  I usually do that for people photos.

Dennis

[blueskyoveraquatic]

T + 50mm Cron-R  ( a test shot with busy background to check the bokeh - Also, I had decreased the contrast to achieve a film-look - What do you think?)

 

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!

[gbealnz]

My take here Dennis?

If you want the film look, shoot film. I shoot both, and there is a marked difference. I don't subscribe to the one is better than the other, I enjoy both.

You've certainly achieved a flat and "less than digital" look, but I'd suggest you use the T with it's wonderful sensor to it's max.

Gary

[Louis]

Louis,

Thank you very much for inputs!  Actually, I had decreased the contrast of this photo in pp since  I usually do that for people photos.

Dennis

 

Maybe it's only me, but to my eyes, the shots were a little foggy and flat. I played a little with this shot in my PS, and although the resolution was quite low, I found more detail and colors with a little touch in contrast. 

Regards,

[blueskyoveraquatic]

My take here Dennis?

If you want the film look, shoot film. I shoot both, and there is a marked difference. I don't subscribe to the one is better than the other, I enjoy both.

You've certainly achieved a flat and "less than digital" look, but I'd suggest you use the T with it's wonderful sensor to it's max.

Gary

 

Maybe it's only me, but to my eyes, the shots were a little foggy and flat. I played a little with this shot in my PS, and although the resolution was quite low, I found more detail and colors with a little touch in contrast. 

Regards,

Gary and Louis,

Thank you very much for your comments!  They are helpful for me!

Here are in-camera jpegs of these shots (beach volleyball's film mode is standard and mushroom's film mode is vivid)

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 May 14, 2017 by blueskyoveraquatic

[vikasmg]

Gary and Louis,

Thank you very much for your comments!  They are helpful for me!

Here are in-camera jpegs of these shots (beach volleyball's film mode is standard and mushroom's film mode is vivid)

 

I like these better I'm afraid, though the flowers in the background of the mushroom look a little too strong.  All a bit nit-picking though.  I guess the lowered contrast is not to my taste ...

[gbealnz]

I'm with Vika, middle of the road for me.

Vivid is a simulation I use very rarely, it's too rich for me.

Having said that, I find the SOOC Jepg's to be "dull" when I open them next to the DNG files.

While I usually like to simply use Jpeg's, lately this strategy has only really been working with B&W.

My colour shots I tend to be now producing from the DNG files. OK, I realise I could alter the Jpeg settings within camera, and may do that, but right now DNG wins.

Gary

[ropo54]

Agree w Gary. The jpegs are really off imo; they do not compare to the DNGs.

[CVickery]

T with 11-23

 

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!

[Advertisement]

Hallo,

Look here: Leica L-Mount

[blueskyoveraquatic]

Thank you Gary, Louis, Rob, and Vikas!

Here is another photo from my beach walk - T + 50mm Cron-R - jpeg exported from DNG in LightRoom with added contrast:

 

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!