The Look

[Pete Askew]

Shot in Park Babelsberg on Sunday by the brick arches.

Leica M9 35 mm f1/1.4 ASPH Summilux M, ISO 160 1/350 s at f 1/9.5

PP in LR / Nik ColorFX Pro 3

 

[Thomas brookes]

Nice shot Pete, those bricks look strange, is that just years of weathering or have you got rid of some noise on them?

 

[Pete Askew]

No, that is what they look like. There will be a tiny touch of glow from the PP but they look very similar in the raw file. They are old and probably pretty weathered and when you look at them, some almost look like they were smoothed by hand before firing: maybe they were. No noise reduction was applied nor any sharpening.

 

[Hamish Gill]

COLOUR!
id tweak the highlights with the "recovery" tool... im sure you know already but press "J" to highlight them
i like the compo and the setting though!!

 

[Pete Askew]

Yes, didn't realise the M9 did colour as well!!

The highlights are just in and I wanted them near the limit for the look (as close of a toy camera as I dared before the Leica police started hammering at the door - mind I've still got out of Germany yet!)

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Now that's a very nice capture Pete!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Now that's a look!

Great capture, especially in the lighting conditions - very tricky

 

[Bryan Hunt]

Great shot Pete

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks guys. Having a good model to hand always helps!