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Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment

Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:05:00 -0300
I feel offended :-))

Whoever said that the great grandchild needed to have a dose of skin 
bleaching ?

jh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment


> Just goes to show that exact color reproduction is not always what we're
> after.  There are too many digital/photography newbies who think that
> everything needs to be white balanced.  :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/5/2010 12:49 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I agree with your observations.  It was made with room lighting, and I 
>> liked
>> the warmth, especially for a Christmas-time shot. I suspect that the 
>> Takumar
>> lens also produces slightly warmer colors.
>> Yes, great-grandpa was happy with the shot.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hudson"<OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> 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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