Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Oct 09, 2016 at 08:10 PM
p.1366 #2Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Bruichladdich whiskies - 2 by David M, on FlickrM9 with Voigtländer Nokton 50 f1.5 LTM
The whisky on the left is one of the Bruichladdich Distillery's 'Valinch' range. This one is available only at the
distillery and is a 24 year old whisky finished in fine red wine casks (the particular wine escapes me but is famous).
The right-hand whisky uses Viking-era barley grown in the Orkney Islands from three farms. Bere barley has
similarity to grains found at the Orkneyan Neolithic village of Skara Brae!
Edited on Oct 10, 2016 at 05:42 PM · View previous versions
Oct 09, 2016 at 08:49 PM
p.1366 #3Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
aFrIcanSH wrote:
Side question: so post-Budapest I visit several other countries and amassed thousands of photos, and took forever to get them all edited. But whenever I revisit them I'm terribly annoyed with the white balance (or colours, but mainly white balance). There were days I just re-edited hundreds of photos at a go after work, just to get the colours right/better. Today I went through over 2000 pictures from my travels and reeled in disgust thinking about how many photos I ruined because I couldn't get the white balance right. Most of them are just casual shots as reminders to myself...Show more →
First, shoot in raw format. Second, when you edit, use the old technique of having a reference image as your guide. A reference image is a standard that has good color and correct white balance (with whites and grays that are neutral). It can be the famous Kodak Shirley.jpg, or something similar. So when you work in Lightroom, don't let Lightroom fill your entire screen. Instead, leave some space for your reference image, which can be in Photoshop or even something simple like Notes on a Mac. As you edit your images, glance over at the reference image and compare the colors. The reference image will guide your eye to the proper white balance and green-magenta tint. Without a reference image, the eyes are easily fooled and will often get the color wrong. With a reference image, you will always get the color right and won't be surprised with off-color if you come back to the image later.
Side question: so post-Budapest I visit several other countries and amassed thousands of photos, and took forever to get them all edited. But whenever I revisit them I'm terribly annoyed with the white balance (or colours, but mainly white balance). There were days I just re-edited hundreds of photos at a go after work, just to get the colours right/better. Today I went through over 2000 pictures from my travels and reeled in disgust thinking about how many photos I ruined because I couldn't get the white balance right. Most of them are just casual shots as reminders to myself...Show more →
First, shoot in raw format. Second, when you edit, use the old technique of having a reference image as your guide. A reference image is a standard that has good color and correct white balance (with whites and grays that are neutral). It can be the famous Kodak Shirley.jpg, or something similar. So when you work in Lightroom, don't let Lightroom fill your entire screen. Instead, leave some space for your reference image, which can be in Photoshop or even something simple like Notes on a Mac. As you edit your images, glance over at the reference image and compare the colors. The reference image will guide your eye to the proper white balance and green-magenta tint. Without a reference image, the eyes are easily fooled and will often get the color wrong. With a reference image, you will always get the color right and won't be surprised with off-color if you come back to the image later.
Oct 10, 2016 at 12:19 AM
p.1366 #4Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Gary Clennan wrote:
I still think the M240 is a good landscape camera when light conditions are good....
Of course it's a great landscape camera. The problems start when you need longer exposure than 60 seconds or more than 8 seconds once you crank up the ISO... Something I hope next M will finally fix...
Some random shots from last 3 months (M-240 plus random lenses). Mostly from Iceland:
You're the last thing on my Mind by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
Dreamcatcher by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
Bros Pose by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
Now you are just showing off by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
Infinity by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
Let the autumn in by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
The ancient one by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
I still think the M240 is a good landscape camera when light conditions are good....
Of course it's a great landscape camera. The problems start when you need longer exposure than 60 seconds or more than 8 seconds once you crank up the ISO... Something I hope next M will finally fix...
Some random shots from last 3 months (M-240 plus random lenses). Mostly from Iceland:
You're the last thing on my Mind by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrDreamcatcher by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrBros Pose by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrNow you are just showing off by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrInfinity by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrLet the autumn in by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrThe ancient one by Teemu Kustila, on FlickrOct 10, 2016 at 04:53 AM
p.1366 #5Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Jägermeister by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
Oct 10, 2016 at 05:29 AM
p.1366 #6Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
aFrIcanSH wrote:
Side question: so post-Budapest I visit several other countries and amassed thousands of photos, and took forever to get them all edited. But whenever I revisit them I'm terribly annoyed with the white balance (or colours, but mainly white balance). There were days I just re-edited hundreds of photos at a go after work, just to get the colours right/better. Today I went through over 2000 pictures from my travels and reeled in disgust thinking about how many photos I ruined because I couldn't get the white balance right. Most of them are just casual shots as reminders to myself...Show more →
Love the shots, Chas.
White balance is THE battle, and I am seldom fully satisfied, but I just do the best I can and move on. Obviously RAW is a must. Then comes the camera profile, which can make a huge difference in some cases. I don't usually change it on the M9, but I have to on the Sony. There are so many factors which influence WB: first, what's cooked into the in camera processing, then multiple aspects of the light, and then the lens and how it is shot. The faster you shoot the more you will have WB issues, in my experience.
I try to get something like the actual conditions at first, but quite often I give up on that and follow "the look" which seems best, failing the former, and that extends to BW.
Haha the ultimate WB solution: BW
As to all those nice jpegs from Nikon or whoever, the grass is always greener
Those using them all the time often struggle with WB too, if they are picky 
Little Bridge by unoh7,90/2.8 TE at f/4
Fall is a WB battle for me and I often miss the reality, but manage something which suggests it.
L1054210 by unoh7, ZM 35/2
But Film also has it's way with color, not always so close to the real look. Lastly even the real look is debatable since humans perceive color many different ways, though of course it can be measured scientifically.
If your travel shots are RAW you'll be able to fiddle with the WB in the future, but jpegs not as much: something you know already
Last Bend by unoh7, SEM21
Trail Creek Fall by unoh7, CV 21/4 @5.6
I'm starting to nurse some decent performance from the CV 21 Skopar. It's extremely sensitive to focus and the ray angles coming in, I think, and so in one shot you are looking at the edge and thinking, is it decentered? But, the next shot suddenly has a decent edge on the same side While the SEM 21 is not a "big" lens, it's twice the size and weight of the Skopar. That makes quite a difference sometimes
Side question: so post-Budapest I visit several other countries and amassed thousands of photos, and took forever to get them all edited. But whenever I revisit them I'm terribly annoyed with the white balance (or colours, but mainly white balance). There were days I just re-edited hundreds of photos at a go after work, just to get the colours right/better. Today I went through over 2000 pictures from my travels and reeled in disgust thinking about how many photos I ruined because I couldn't get the white balance right. Most of them are just casual shots as reminders to myself...Show more →
Love the shots, Chas.
White balance is THE battle, and I am seldom fully satisfied, but I just do the best I can and move on. Obviously RAW is a must. Then comes the camera profile, which can make a huge difference in some cases. I don't usually change it on the M9, but I have to on the Sony. There are so many factors which influence WB: first, what's cooked into the in camera processing, then multiple aspects of the light, and then the lens and how it is shot. The faster you shoot the more you will have WB issues, in my experience.
I try to get something like the actual conditions at first, but quite often I give up on that and follow "the look" which seems best, failing the former, and that extends to BW.
Haha the ultimate WB solution: BW
As to all those nice jpegs from Nikon or whoever, the grass is always greener
Those using them all the time often struggle with WB too, if they are picky Little Bridge by unoh7,90/2.8 TE at f/4
Fall is a WB battle for me and I often miss the reality, but manage something which suggests it.
L1054210 by unoh7, ZM 35/2
But Film also has it's way with color, not always so close to the real look. Lastly even the real look is debatable since humans perceive color many different ways, though of course it can be measured scientifically.
If your travel shots are RAW you'll be able to fiddle with the WB in the future, but jpegs not as much: something you know already
Last Bend by unoh7, SEM21
Trail Creek Fall by unoh7, CV 21/4 @5.6
I'm starting to nurse some decent performance from the CV 21 Skopar. It's extremely sensitive to focus and the ray angles coming in, I think, and so in one shot you are looking at the edge and thinking, is it decentered? But, the next shot suddenly has a decent edge on the same side
While the SEM 21 is not a "big" lens, it's twice the size and weight of the Skopar. That makes quite a difference sometimes Oct 10, 2016 at 11:01 AM
p.1366 #7Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Been rocking and rolling with life lately! Picked up a new lens, the 28mm Summicron ASPH. I'm really diggin it so far.
Here is a smattering...first few are with the 28mm:
Here is a smattering...first few are with the 28mm:
Oct 10, 2016 at 01:55 PM
p.1366 #8Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Congrats on the 28. I've actually be thinking about the 28 Lux.
Oct 10, 2016 at 02:20 PM
p.1366 #10Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Sorbet and Charlie - thanks for the tips. The reference image is a new idea to me. I'm already shooting RAW, and feel some level of comfort others face the same "battle" as me getting the colours right. I suppose why I was comfortable with SOOC jpegs from Nikon and the RX1 was cause I knew I wasn't going to edit the shots afterwards, so I got used to the SOOC output, but here the tweaking can be endless. B&W is always my final port of call.
Moving on to Spain now - Granada (These pics were processed before I voiced my WB woes)
- by aFrIcanSH
- by aFrIcanSH
- by aFrIcanSH
- by aFrIcanSH
- by aFrIcanSH
Moving on to Spain now - Granada (These pics were processed before I voiced my WB woes)
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p.1366 #11Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Time goes by, both photos with the Leica M9 but almost exactly six years between them. The first one was taken during my first weeks with the camera and the lens was the 35 Summicron ASPH and the second only a few weeks old was taken with the 50 Summilux.
Oct 11, 2016 at 11:34 AM
p.1366 #12Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Great shots all!
Yes, Joakim time passes by quickly but the M machine and this thread never fails to inspire. I still remember the day I used a film M camera for the first time, first love
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I haven't shot much at all, 28Lux + M240 has been my only combo used recently (other than camera phone), coincidently both are 28m FOV
End of Summer camp concert
Hair cut day
First day of new school (and preschool) year
Yes, Joakim time passes by quickly but the M machine and this thread never fails to inspire. I still remember the day I used a film M camera for the first time, first love
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I haven't shot much at all, 28Lux + M240 has been my only combo used recently (other than camera phone), coincidently both are 28m FOV
End of Summer camp concert
Hair cut day
First day of new school (and preschool) year
Oct 11, 2016 at 12:50 PM
p.1366 #13Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Joe88, Love love love the umbrella shot. Nice use of colour. Awesome work man
Tobin
Tobin
Oct 11, 2016 at 08:01 PM
p.1366 #14Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Great Shots
ZM18:
Leaf Pond by unoh7, @5.6
CV21:
Panoplay by unoh7, f/8
The following day I was riding at the zenith, when I don't often shoot....
CV21:
Indian Summer by unoh7,F/6.7
ZM 35/2:
Wood River by unoh7, F/5.6
ZM18:
Leaf Pond by unoh7, @5.6
CV21:
Panoplay by unoh7, f/8
The following day I was riding at the zenith, when I don't often shoot....
CV21:
Indian Summer by unoh7,F/6.7
ZM 35/2:
Wood River by unoh7, F/5.6
Oct 11, 2016 at 09:00 PM
p.1366 #16Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Tobin28 wrote:
Joe88, Love love love the umbrella shot. Nice use of colour. Awesome work man
Tobin
Thank you
Joe88, Love love love the umbrella shot. Nice use of colour. Awesome work man
Tobin
Thank you
Oct 12, 2016 at 09:33 PM
p.1366 #17Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Brace for more yellow
It's been so surreal here, I struggle to edit. We have sharp angled light all day. Leaves are very bright without the sun, but if the tree is between you and the sun, it is lit to cartoonish degree. Oh well, there are more serious problems,
Two Aspens by unoh7, on Flickr
move under the sun and.....
Under a fall Sun by unoh7, on Flickr
turn away so the sun is behind you...
Yellow Banks by unoh7, on Flickr
a little antidote to the ooc colors:
White Aspens by unoh7, on Flickr
It's been so surreal here, I struggle to edit. We have sharp angled light all day. Leaves are very bright without the sun, but if the tree is between you and the sun, it is lit to cartoonish degree. Oh well, there are more serious problems,
Two Aspens by unoh7, on Flickr
move under the sun and.....
Under a fall Sun by unoh7, on Flickr
turn away so the sun is behind you...
Yellow Banks by unoh7, on Flickr
a little antidote to the ooc colors:
White Aspens by unoh7, on Flickr
Oct 13, 2016 at 10:47 PM
p.1366 #18Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
A few random 50mm Summilux-SL shots @ f/1.4
(nothing fancy, just testing the lens, considering buying it when it's released)
(nothing fancy, just testing the lens, considering buying it when it's released)
Oct 14, 2016 at 09:27 AM
p.1366 #19Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Mini-me M7 (Minolta CLE), CV 28 3.5 Color Skopar, Fuji Pro 160.
Hey, the CLE was meant to be the next Leica, and it is M mount!
Hey, the CLE was meant to be the next Leica, and it is M mount!
Oct 14, 2016 at 04:35 PM
p.1366 #20Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Tmuussoni wrote:
Of course it's a great landscape camera. The problems start when you need longer exposure than 60 seconds or more than 8 seconds once you crank up the ISO... Something I hope next M will finally fix...
Some random shots from last 3 months (M-240 plus random lenses). Mostly from Iceland:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8459/28895884802_f2a93e3314_b.jpgBros Pose by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
The sheep shot!!
I love this. Love. Love. Love.
Gordon
Of course it's a great landscape camera. The problems start when you need longer exposure than 60 seconds or more than 8 seconds once you crank up the ISO... Something I hope next M will finally fix...
Some random shots from last 3 months (M-240 plus random lenses). Mostly from Iceland:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8459/28895884802_f2a93e3314_b.jpgBros Pose by Teemu Kustila, on Flickr
The sheep shot!!
I love this. Love. Love. Love.
Gordon
Oct 14, 2016 at 04:47 PM