Aram wrote: hope you don’t mind, Sonny.
Not a bit. But on my screen, I see blown highlights in the flower petals
on the one you did. Though they both look nice to me, viewed individually.
Regards,
Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
USA
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:14 AM Aram <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It is indeed a nice shot. We are a long ways from flowers here.
As far as dark, we have had this discussion before. They look dark on my
calibrated monitors, too. Personal preference I am sure. I have my
brightness set to about 110 cd/m2 as it gives me good agreement between my
screen and prints I make either on my printer or at Costco. I tried a
little experiment. I downloaded Sonny’s image and put it in PS and
overlaid the histogram. Not much on the white end. Then I adjusted the
white balance with the histogram and overlaid that histogram. It is more
to my liking, but it is not my image. Here are the results for
comparison. View large to see the histogram better.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/m/DSC2631+comparison.jpg.html
hope you don’t mind, Sonny.
Aram
*From:* Sonny Carter
*Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2019 5:23 AM
*To:* leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers SonC
Yes, they are blackberry blooms. Each stamen turns into a seed on a
berry, but I’m no expert on flowers.
If you’re not teasing about the dark, (which I don’t see on three
monitors, a iPad Pro, and my iPhone X) then perhaps you need to check your
monitor, or resign yourself that I’m shooting in situ, available light, and
where I find them. I usually spend much more time editing than shooting,
and my aim is always a pleasant image drawing attention to the bloom. I
usually subdue the background as much as possible, avoiding blooming (heh)
of the whites. Thus this image not only has vignette applied, but I’ve also
dodged bright spots in the bokeh.
Thanks,
SonC
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:11 AM Peter Stevens <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Good morning, Sonny. You have a wonderful image there, I think. :) The--
light and the textures of the petals and the foliage are great, but why so
dark… :) Seriously, thank you for the image. Do you have any idea as to
what the white flowers are named? I have never seen a white petal flower
with some many stamen, before.
Best regards,
Peter S.
On Mar 14, 2019, at 11:19 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Spring is finally here, I think.
https://sonc.com/look/? p=6355 ;<https://sonc.com/look/?p=6355>
SonC
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Regards,
Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
USA
Regards,
Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
USA
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