On my monitor the skin tones look a wee bit too much on the red side.
HOWEVER .......... it is a fabulous super photo of mother and daughter.
Grandad should be proud indeed.
jh
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From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
> Ken,
>
> I must agree with you about the E-1 and skin tones. Here is one I shot
> last
> Christmas, shortly after I got my E-1. I was very happy with the
> skintones.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Katie+Grace+_amp_+Kristin.jpg.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:17 AM
> Subject: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
>
>
>> Right up front, let's get something straight: I'm a rank amateur when it
>> comes to digital photography. I thought I was pretty good, but not the
>> case.
>> There is nothing more frustrating than to have your photographic chops
>> chopped off at the knees.
>>
>> My usual tools of choice when doing portraiture is the Olympus E-1 or
>> Portra
>> 160NC in an OM. Both technologies/mediums are simply outstanding for
>> photographing people. Unfortunately, I've learned that I use said
>> technologies as a crutch.
>>
>> I've done a number of portrait sessions now with the DMC-L1. The camera
>> is
>> really not that good for the task. There is a very slight shutter-delay
>> and
>> the viewfinder is simply gutwrench. However, the image-quality is very
>> good.
>>
>> Or is it?
>>
>> Skintones simply stink. Once I get the skin looking healthy, the rest of
>> the
>> colors in the image go to pot. Lighting that is perfect for the E-1 or
>> Portra films causes nasty burned highlights. Shadows that normally remain
>> neutral take on different colorcasts. It's not actually very far off, but
>> I'm not used to this problem. I'm used to my E-1 files being essentially
>> perfect right out of the camera. These I have to work for. Instead of a
>> gentle tweak, these require wholesale adjustments.
>>
>> I sent off several raw files to other photographers who shoot other
>> brands/models. What each one said was "this was normal". One guy told me
>> that my lighting is all wrong and he immediately identified specific
>> areas
>> of adjustment I needed to make. Basically, I've gotten lazy and just been
>> winging it just because I could!
>>
>> So, now I've got this portrait session which I'm stumped on. The baby
>> pics
>> are safe--those are just one type of skintone to correct, but the family
>> shots (mother, father, 6mo old baby) are a disaster because all three
>> have
>> different skin characteristics. I'm at the point where I'll just do my
>> basic
>> editing on them and ship them off to Millers to color correct.
>>
>> Like I said--it's not off by far, but correcting it is beyond my
>> skillset.
>>
>> The E-1 lives to see another day!
>>
>> AG
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