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Re: [OM] IMG: Composing in B&W

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:35:30 -0600
Hi, Philippe,

I suspect the appeal of jpegs varies with subject matter.  I shoot very 
few "people" images.  The things I do shoot usually look better if I 
bring out the details in post processing.

Maybe it's just habit................ :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/12/2013 5:47 AM, philippe.amard wrote:
> My experience is that the x-e1 jpegs are first class most of the time
> - I keep shooting raw and using LR mainly because of my long standing
> bad habit of doctoring my takes ;-)
> But also because you sometimes have to.
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
> Le 12 déc. 13 à 08:53, Jim Nichols a écrit :
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Thanks for the kind words.
>>
>> I did just what you suggested, this afternoon, but with crude subject
>> matter.  I would like to try it outside, with sky and clouds.
>> However,
>> after seeing the quality achievable from the RAW images, I don't
>> think I
>> can ever settle for jpegs.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 12/12/2013 12:46 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> They both look very fine to me, Jim.
>>>
>>> If you tried setting your Fuji to RAW+JPEG and setting the "film"
>>> to one of the monochrome settings, you might enjoy the results.
>>> You would still have the RAW file to play with if the JPEG did not
>>> work for you, of course.
>>>
>>> But I suspect that the post-processing is part of the enjoyment for
>>> you.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 9 Dec 13, at 20:37, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> These two images were composed in B&W, then processed from the RAW
>>>> image
>>>> and converted to B&W.  I liked the result.  Maybe the B&W finder
>>>> does
>>>> improve "seeing" the final image.
>>>>
>>>> Mirror:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mirror.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Lamp:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lamp.jpg.html
>>
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