Leica M Monochrom: best pics

[airfrogusmc]

Thanks Dave.

 

[john neal]

Last night in the local woods - pre-asph 5omm 'lux - light yellow filter

Not sure about this one, comments welcome

 

[thompsonks]

Camera inspection, free estimates:

This was my first day of printing from MM files. Here's one in a Walker Evans vein.

Two horizontal files, stitched; 50 P-A Summilux.

Kirk

Camera Inspection by thompsonkirk, on Flickr

 

[MichaelToye]

I'm a bit out of practice I think o_0

One from today, in London.

Time Enough To Sleep by michael_toye, on Flickr

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[fabio_rf]

Great shots lately!

John Neal, I love yours. The first one is stronger, but the other one is mysterious.

thompsonks, that's very Evans indeed!

Dave, the one of the kids is so powerful.

Allen and Vince, congrats on your news!

Michael, welcome back! Central line I guess?


More Sun Ra Arkestra live music for me this week:


Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 16th June 2014 by fabiolug, on Flickr



Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 17th June 2014 by fabiolug, on Flickr



Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 17th June 2014 by fabiolug, on Flickr



Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 17th June 2014 by fabiolug, on Flickr



Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 17th June 2014 by fabiolug, on Flickr

 

[MichaelToye]

Thanks Fabio and yes, good spot, Central line 🙂

What glass are you using? the oof looks so natural!

Michael

 

[john neal]

Fabio,

Thanks - the contrast in my 2nd is very low (dark, shady corner), maybe a bit more punch?

I particularly like your saxophonist shot (third one above), superb - as Michael said - what glass are you using?

Micheal,

Great tube shot, I would be interested to learn about your post processing, I'm still very new to the MM and find I lack a bit on contrast. I'm trying to ensure I don't overexpose, and sticking to ISO less than 800 most of the time. What gems of wisdom have you for us mortals?

 

[MichaelToye]

Micheal,

Great tube shot, I would be interested to learn about your post processing, I'm still very new to the MM and find I lack a bit on contrast. I'm trying to ensure I don't overexpose, and sticking to ISO less than 800 most of the time. What gems of wisdom have you for us mortals?

Hi John. I'm sure lots of people think my processing style is over wrought, but it works for me 😀

I wrote a couple of posts on how I do things - no 2 images are processed the same, but it's a guide.

http://blog.michaeltoye.com/2013/04/02/leica-monochrom-workflow/

http://blog.michaeltoye.com/2013/09/03/how-to-process-leica-m-monochrom-files-follow-up/

good luck
Michael
btw, i don't use filters. I have a yellow-green and an orange and I find, if your scene is a combination of contrasting tones, eg; sky and green landscape, it's more difficult to process than not using a filter.
Just my own experience.

 

[MichaelToye]

Tangents by michael_toye, on Flickr

 

[Rodchenko]

Boom! That one just works in so many ways.

 

[coelacanth]

Became a Monochrom owner just a couple days ago. (Had a certified preowned deal I just couldn't pass up)

This is a very very interesting camera indeed. The noise/grain is so "natural", and the tonality you can get from the file is really fantastic. I can think like I'm using B/W film from shooting time to developing in Lightroom to "digital printing" in Silver Efex. Now I really want to figure out better ink-jet printing solution.

And now I can comfortably say "oh sorry my camera can take only b/w" (with embarrassed face) when I share family/friend event photos and someone asks "can I have a color version of the photo?" 😀

Work has been busy and still haven't got time to shoot anything much, and I need to figure out more how to develop and make good prints with the MM, but here are a few snaps from a couple days of ownership.


Late Night Coffee People by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr


Waiting... by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

 

[fabio_rf]

Fabio,

Thanks - the contrast in my 2nd is very low (dark, shady corner), maybe a bit more punch?

I particularly like your saxophonist shot (third one above), superb - as Michael said - what glass are you using?

I think it's fine as is.

I used the 50mm Sonnar and the 28mm Elmar for that gig, the second and the last photos above are 28mm, the others 50mm.

 

[MichaelToye]

Shiny by michael_toye, on Flickr

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[icebear]

The thread is picking up pace again 😉.
Nice work there Alan, Michael and Fabio.
And welcome Sug !

Here some from today :

 

[airfrogusmc]

Thanks Klaus

 

[icebear]

Here a few from Friday night on the High Line :

 

[john neal]

Fabio, thanks - I will keep on trying 😉

Michael, thanks for your insight, I have a lot to learn, and it is interesting to see how PS handles files differently than LR (I have only used the latter so far for MM shots). I wonder if ACR has different algorythms for processing raw files? In LR I can get close to your output, but not bang on. I'm also struggling with the file sizes / processing overhead on my ageing laptop. Time for a technology transplant, methinks. (cracking bus shot too, BTW)

Overall a great thread and a constant source of inspiration.

 

[Vince Lupo]

Checker Conv157 by Vince.Lupo, on Flickr