If I thought it would work for me the way it works for you I would sell some duplicative body part and buy one. Unfortunately, I think there is a differential in skill involved.
So tell us more about the sublime colors seen in this series. Are they produced by the CL’s jpeg processing - or worked up from raw? Are they made with neutral settings or tweaked in camera?
Could you, for a fee, set up my G9 to produce the same result? Please?
That shot of the P Terry's sign is like gazing through a window, just a sublime shot. I've stood there gazing on a nearly identical scene in the past and that photo just really captures it. Funny how these walkabout shots sometimes can resonate so strongly. This photography stuff really could catch on ;)
Hi MM. You are very kind. I shot these images with the camera set to DNG+Large Jpeg. The Jpegs were black and white and I used the camera profile setting: BW HC. All of the color images come from the camera's DNG files. I shot them mostly at f2.0 and a shutter speed of 1/160th of second. Changing the ISO to match the scenes. In post processing I merely applied a preset that I got from David at LeicaStoreMiami.com. I modified the preset a little bit to make it a closer match to the way I like to see images. All the post processing was done in Lightroom Classic.
Thank you! I try to look at things like my old campus/ alma mater through a nostalgic lens and try to evoke the feelings I had walking through the areas around campus at similar times of the year from when I was a student and then an instructor. I'm glad to read that this comes through the images. To me it means I've been somewhat successful.
I will cobble together a similar preset, then apply it to a number of existing DNG files. Something tells me the parallels in outcome will be few. But, it gives me a starting point from which to explore using presets rather than my usual approach of winging it with sliders until convinced it looks good. Or better. After slidering around for a while I tend to get lost.
Thank you for publishing your LR preset! So amazing to learn from you. I know it will never happen but I'd be quite content to do these presets in camera. Ideally in camera! But i guess i could do it in LR mobile?!? Need to try (and tweak to suit my "style" :-) !) it in LR on my iPhone! Always learning etc!
Re the shot of the crane against the sky (12th from the top) - I thought, "What has Kirk done to screw it up so badly?" Then I realized that I had seen it before, in your earlier post, in B&W.
Usually when you (or others) post comparisons of the same image in colour and B&W, I find it difficult to like the B&W. I think it is that, once I have seen the "normal" image in colour, B&W just does not look "right". So this shows me that the opposite can also be true. I think that while the colour image looks OK, the B&W version is absolutely stunning. BTW nice composition too.
Hi everyone. All I can say is that Austin seems like a very exotic place from here. I'm in Gatineau, Québec, Canada. Current temperature 0 C. (warm spell!). Grey day (expecting more snow today!) Cheers!
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If I thought it would work for me the way it works for you I would sell some duplicative body part and buy one. Unfortunately, I think there is a differential in skill involved.
So tell us more about the sublime colors seen in this series. Are they produced by the CL’s jpeg processing - or worked up from raw? Are they made with neutral settings or tweaked in camera?
Could you, for a fee, set up my G9 to produce the same result? Please?
That shot of the P Terry's sign is like gazing through a window, just a sublime shot. I've stood there gazing on a nearly identical scene in the past and that photo just really captures it. Funny how these walkabout shots sometimes can resonate so strongly. This photography stuff really could catch on ;)
Hi MM. You are very kind. I shot these images with the camera set to DNG+Large Jpeg. The Jpegs were black and white and I used the camera profile setting: BW HC. All of the color images come from the camera's DNG files. I shot them mostly at f2.0 and a shutter speed of 1/160th of second. Changing the ISO to match the scenes. In post processing I merely applied a preset that I got from David at LeicaStoreMiami.com. I modified the preset a little bit to make it a closer match to the way I like to see images. All the post processing was done in Lightroom Classic.
the present has the following values:
Exposure = +27
Contrast = null
Highlights = <57>
Shadows = +31
whites = +46
blacks = <-9>
Texture = +10
Clarity = +15
Dehaze = +7
Vibrance = +13
Saturation = +11
Red hue = +7
Sharpening is:
Amount = +75
Radius = 0.8
Detail = 50
Masking = 13
Noise reduction:
Luminance = +12
That's the extent of the preset parameters. I might tweak contrast and increase shadow recovery but that depends on the scene.
I try to keep things as simple as possible. No secrets.
pixtorial,
Thank you! I try to look at things like my old campus/ alma mater through a nostalgic lens and try to evoke the feelings I had walking through the areas around campus at similar times of the year from when I was a student and then an instructor. I'm glad to read that this comes through the images. To me it means I've been somewhat successful.
Thank you! That is most generous.
I will cobble together a similar preset, then apply it to a number of existing DNG files. Something tells me the parallels in outcome will be few. But, it gives me a starting point from which to explore using presets rather than my usual approach of winging it with sliders until convinced it looks good. Or better. After slidering around for a while I tend to get lost.
Thank you for publishing your LR preset!
So amazing to learn from you. I know it will never happen but I'd be quite content to do these presets in camera. Ideally in camera! But i guess i could do it in LR mobile?!? Need to try (and tweak to suit my "style" :-) !) it in LR on my iPhone! Always learning etc!
Re the shot of the crane against the sky (12th from the top) - I thought, "What has Kirk done to screw it up so badly?" Then I realized that I had seen it before, in your earlier post, in B&W.
Usually when you (or others) post comparisons of the same image in colour and B&W, I find it difficult to like the B&W. I think it is that, once I have seen the "normal" image in colour, B&W just does not look "right". So this shows me that the opposite can also be true. I think that while the colour image looks OK, the B&W version is absolutely stunning. BTW nice composition too.
Jon
Hi everyone. All I can say is that Austin seems like a very exotic place from here. I'm in Gatineau, Québec, Canada. Current temperature 0 C. (warm spell!). Grey day (expecting more snow today!)
Cheers!
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