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[Pete Askew]

Just had a quick look to see what I had on the laptop shot at high ISO on the M9. This was shot at ISO800 but underexposed by just over 1 stop to stop the background blowing out (the tables etc were quite dim but the walls were lit by strongish downlights). Corrected using fill light in LR. So here is our very own Blanka in action - you'll need to ask her what was going on, I've no idea!!

Leica M9 + Zeiss 50mm. PP in LR/PS.

 

[Brian Moore]

She has tried his glasses on and is commenting on the quality of his eyesight.

 

[Pete Askew]

Actually you are exactly right Brian!

 

[Brian Moore]

LOL. Earl Morris would be proud of me.

 

[Pete Askew]

Nope, you've lost me there this time Brian I'm afraid. Baseball coach?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice. Love the tones.

 

[Brian Moore]

Nope, you've lost me there this time Brian I'm afraid. Baseball coach?

No,...not a baseball coach Pete. (Where'd that come from Pete? ) He's the guy we discussed some weeks back. He's a film maker who has recently written a book about what we see or think we see in photos. "Believing is Seeing". We discussed his views on the Abu Ghraib photos. Also the Crimean War photos "In the Valley of the Shadow of Death."

 

[Pete Askew]

Ah, Errol Morris! With you now. Doing the ironing at the moment ready for the trip to Prague - mind is shutting down!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Morris

 

[Brian Moore]

Got it. Wrong spelling. Sorry about that. Say hello to my wee brother if you see him in Prague. (He lives there.)

 

[Pete Askew]

Will do. He'll be the one with the old camera I take it!!

 

[Thomas brookes]

I saw the "oh my god your blind" in the conversation. Nice capture of a joke we must share world wide

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yeah me too! I had that very convo with Hannah after trying on her new glasses just the other day ... She has been living without glasses all her life ... Turns out she needs them!
"fill light" Pete? Still using LR3 then? You must upgrade, i think it is a good step up in the way it works!

 

[Pete Askew]

I have Hamish. This was shot and processed in Oct 2010!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ah ... I'll let you off!
How you finding 4
I think it's a good step up ... It seems better with jpegs, and more importantly jpeg film scans!

 

[Pete Askew]

Only put a few NEF files and some TIFF scans through so far. Haven't noticed any significant differences yet though.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Hmm ... I find it much better ... Maybe it's just more intuitive somehow...

 

[Brian Moore]

Will do. He'll be the one with the old camera I take it!

A canvas and paintbrush more likely!

 

[Pete Askew]

On Charles Bridge then!!

 

[Brian Moore]

Well I think he actually works mostly out of his studio. Wine in hand!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Pete, looks like Blanka has just noticed that 'the dog' has dropped a guff at the dinner table, and she's try hard to waft it away - the knowing expression on her companion implies guilt