Leica M Monochrom: best pics

Were those taken in Australia, or are you travelling, Kristian? The first one, especially, is exceptional.
 
Jager said:
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The best one of the series here IMHO, keep up the good work :)
I like it also since it is not so harsh as most of the others: this one has nice greys. Seems that in many pics the MM is a bit to dark in dark spaces...
 
leicashot said:
No I'm in Bangkok and its sooooo wet. Today got drenched with Michael Bialecki. Here's a look at our wet day. The Monochrom handled it like a champ!
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awesome photos Kristian.....today was lots of fun.......

cheers, michael
 
Thanks Jeff:) The weather here on the coast is really nice now.
Stewart, beautiful gentle tones throughout the shots!
Urban alchemist, congrats on the M-M. Love the shot of the girl in the street.
Kristian, the last set of shots are just amazing in content, tone and PP'ing. The work flow you seemed to have really nailed with the M-M! Also congrats on the shots posted from Melbourne Fashion Week. Very nice.

Another shot from the other day with 24 Lux, and LR4.

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Ron (Netherlands) said:
The best one of the series here IMHO, keep up the good work :)
I like it also since it is not so harsh as most of the others: this one has nice greys. Seems that in many pics the MM is a bit to dark in dark spaces...
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Thanks, Ron. That's very kind.

What I'm finding is that the MM is able to capture a very wide gamut of scenes - everything from gentle, subtle tonal transitions to harsh, contrasty, in-your-face images.

Here's one that breaks all the rules. I've shot this scene before in color and in that genre the distinctive orange of the flame provides enough separation to hold its place in the image. In black and white, the transparent flame nearly disappears. To address that I deliberately blew out the highlights and added contrast.

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Wow, I don't know where to start, but I love the images being posted here. not for the MM's technical brilliance but the photography level...keep posting guys!
 
Sweet stuff Urban, very cool. Well another rainy day but I kept mostly dry, although my frame selector is now stuck on 35mm and won't change.

....and plenty more in my Flickr folder....
 
Some of these are quite nice. If I narrow my eyes and squint a little I could almost fool myself into thinking they were shot on film. :D
 
menos said:
The man on bench is brilliant!

How do you like shooting in extreme contrasts, compared to the M9 sensor (bright, blowing sky + deep shadow detail)?

Is it a big step up or similar behaving, as the M9?
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Thanks. Compared to the M9 the Monochrom is so much smoother in its tonal range that I need to add contrast. Some I put it through a Silver Efex Pro 2 filter to match how I like my black and white.
 
Kristian,

Thanks for sharing your insights. Very helpful in my waiting for my delivery. I wonder since I'm an old school analog film guy if my use of 2x yellow and 3x orange filters will carry over. I always liked my contrast on my negatives instead of pumping it up in the darkroom.

Also know that I'm a lazy slacker and wish to do the minimal in post processing as possible.

Anyways the look the Monochrome produces with your post processing is kinda what I do in medium format film. Thanks again for the inspiration.

Cal
 
leicashot said:
Thanks. Compared to the M9 the Monochrom is much smoother in it's tonal range that I need to add contrast. In this shot I put it through a Silver Efex Pro 2 filter to match how I like my black and white.

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Better without the added contrast IMHO....
 
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