[LRflex] Re: Dodos and Korea
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:39:08 -0800
At 12/9/2009, you wrote:
Dear David, I enjoyed your picture. Hard to have the white balance
correct but you did it. Best of all the photo does not look
manipulated and it is well composed. Which lens and camera did you
use? Of course I am in Tak Won Do Heaven here in Korea. After school
kids are always seen going to or returning from martial arts HogWons
(Private Teaching Institutions). This is an excellent way to learn
discipline, strengthen your body and of course learn how to build up
confidence and defend yourself.
I have not been active on the list often but soon hope to be more
involved. Now that I am obtaining a SL2 from which I hope to put
some of the photos on the list as Korea is a country of such beauty.
I am active in the Leica Club here. We have around 15000 members of
which 100 are really active. My Korean is not good enough for total
involvement and my position as a professor in the MIT of Korea
(KAIST) keeps me very busy. Again thanks for the pictures. Keep them
coming, I can say for myself it is one reason I enjoy this
list. Cheers, George
Good Mornin', George!
Good to "hear your voice"!
Glad you enjoyed the photo of our grand-daughter, Becca.
You are right, the white balance was "a bear" to do. I ended up
using AWB, as none of the pre-set values worked. I then corrected as
best possible in Silkypix II (I may have to upgrade to Silkypix IV)
and then made final corrections in GIMP - a program I not only prefer
to PS, in terms of results, but which is free for both windows & mac uses!
I get to watch the Tae Kwon Dodos about twice a year. Always
interesting to watch, but difficult to photograph. Low light levels,
and the most amazing assortment of sources are a photog's
nightmare. It's one of the few places where digital really has an
advantage, as film is much, much harder to adjust, when making prints.
I used, btw, the Olympus E3 with their 50~200mm f2.8-3.5. Settings
were 130mm @ f3.5 and 1/30th @ ISO 1250.
Congratulations on your new SL2! A really nice camera, and I'm sure
you'll enjoy it. :-)
I'm already looking forward to seeing images of your beautiful Korea!
Cheers!
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David Young
Logan Lake, Canada.
Wildlife Photos: www.furnfeather.net
Personal Website: www.main.furnfeather.net
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