I agree, a bit too red. But what I don't know is if the redness is a
function of the ambient light.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 12:42 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> 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
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>
>> 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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