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Allan26

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Fredvl

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Hi Deep Thought,

All images I capture do go through post processing due to the fact that digital sensors dumb down the actual colour of the photograph, where film does not. I always try to match the colour, tone and contrast one would expect from slide film, and use that as a base for my post production work before continuing working with the rest of the photograph. This photograph is also a stitched digital photograph, as I did not have a 617 Medium Format film camera in my possession at that stage. I had to find a way to simulate the digital version, because I wanted to convey the feeling of desolation in the photograph. The sky has been darkened by the use of a Circular Polarizing Filter and noise removal, as well as a few colour tweaks were applied in PP.

In the olden days they used to do all this in the dark room. Take a look at Ansel Adams' work. Close to 70% of the images were manipulated by hand in the darkroom. He spent hours doing this, to reach a point where he was happy with his work of art. He even went to the extent of developing his own system for the developing of B&W landscape photography, called the Zone System, which purely relies on hours spent in the darkroom to obtain the perfect contrast. I follow the same principle with my images. I try to evoke a certain mood & feel to the images I capture, and I achieve this by firstly getting the right subject, composition & lighting, after which I visualize what I want the end product to look like. If I try and convey a certain mood & feel I would then either use certain filters in front of the lens to bring forward the mood or sit and work on it at the computer until I'm happy.

I hope this answers your question

Warm Regards,

Fred van Leeuwen.
 
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Fredvl said:
Hi Deep Thought,

All images I capture do go through post processing due to the fact that digital sensors dumb down the actual colour of the photograph, where film does not. I always try to match the colour, tone and contrast one would expect from slide film, and use that as a base for my post production work before continuing working with the rest of the photograph. This photograph is also a stitched digital photograph, as I did not have a 617 Medium Format film camera in my possession at that stage. I had to find a way to simulate the digital version, because I wanted to convey the feeling of desolation in the photograph. The sky has been darkened by the use of a Circular Polarizing Filter and noise removal, as well as a few colour tweaks were applied in PP.

In the olden days they used to do all this in the dark room. Take a look at Ansel Adams' work. Close to 70% of the images were manipulated by hand in the darkroom. He spent hours doing this, to reach a point where he was happy with his work of art. He even went to the extent of developing his own system for the developing of B&W landscape photography, called the Zone System, which purely relies on hours spent in the darkroom to obtain the perfect contrast. I follow the same principle with my images. I try to evoke a certain mood & feel to the images I capture, and I achieve this by firstly getting the right subject, composition & lighting, after which I visualize what I want the end product to look like. If I try and convey a certain mood & feel I would then either use certain filters in front of the lens to bring forward the mood or sit and work on it at the computer until I'm happy.

I hope this answers your question

Warm Regards,

Fred van Leeuwen.
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Hi there, just wanna say your pics are really awesome. But to me photography is about capturing what you see, and to be honest I don't really think that was was what you saw through your eyes when you took the picture, especially in the first photo with the dark, almost black, sky. It`s all post processing work and to me its not what a photo should be. Yes, as you said digital does make photos seem more greyish than film and photoshop should be used to add the little colour lost if you are a perfectionist. But you take photos and create (Fantastic looking:D) images. Like you said, you enjoy making art, but I enjoy taking photos and see what a lens does on its own.

Just sharing my thoughts. Great work nonetheless:eek:
 
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Hairy Otter and the Deathly Swallows.

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Shot with a 2.0megapixel cellphone camera in the sunlight wearing a jeans and t-shirt and armed with a stick.
 
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