Micro 4/3 Panasonic LX / Leica D-LUX Image Thread

Wow - now when you say "film grain" do you mean the in camera "film mode" or ? Crystal clear, that's for sure - I feel as though I could reach out and touch her face.

Wonderful reflection in those sunglasses.;)

The LX5 has a "my color mode", with a "film grain" setting. That is the whole magic. No PP otherwise.
 
Well, that is some darned impressive magic. I am sure that having the exposure right helps, too. I am very impressed, retow. I'll have to see about that "my color mode" - and soon.(y)
 
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BBW, that window shot is further evidence that you're coming up with a distinct personal style. I'm starting to recognize your shots as soon as I see them before I know who they're from. That's a GOOD thing! Very nice.

I've already posted a series of LX5 shots in two other threads rather than here. I'm not gonna repost them again, but here are three more from NYC over the weekend (the grain is waaay overdone on the first couple - live and learn!)...

-Ray

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You know, I was sure I posted on these photos of yours Ray - late last night...

The two that Don has singled out, #2 and #3, are exactly the two I thought I'd written about. They are so good - the angle, the zeroing in on the blonde woman's face, turned, with the backdrop of the corridor of the city...and that bride walking along the streets of Manhattan - fantastic light and superb tones. Now to me, there is a very special quality about this one in particluar - I think it's the glow.

Ray, don't discount those "hundreds" of bad ones! You may need to give 'em a second look.
 
There may be a few more in there I can work with, but I can tell right away that most of them were, well....., crap. Once I download I quickly go through and purge and I reduced 750 down to about 100 or so VERY quickly. Some are family shots that almost never show up publicly. There are some I can't tell if I'm going to like, but I save those, and generally will find a few that surprise me. But an awful lot don't even make the first cut for pretty overwhelmingly obvious reasons.

Oh, and btw, she wasn't a bride. These are all kids in their middle teen years, who were all coming out of St. Patrick's after some ceremony. My wife grew up Catholic and told me what the ceremony was, but I didn't absorb it well enough to tell you. But twas not a wedding!

-Ray
 
The Hard Rock Cafe in San Fransisco's fisherman's wharf.
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I am really amazed the LX-5 does so well in these low light indoor conditions. Simply amazing really for a point and shoot
 
I am really amazed the LX-5 does so well in these low light indoor conditions. Simply amazing really for a point and shoot
Me too. But I'm not sure we can even call it that anymore. Its a real photographers tool - it just happens to be really little!

I always love seeing the Haight and Ashbury signs but kind of hate that even the Haight can be co-opted by the Hard Rock. I guess special dispensation for the San Francisco franchise, but still! Is nothing sacred anymore, dammit?

-Ray
 
I feel your pain Ray, though I wasn't out in the Haight at that special time... Javier, I'm quite taken by your second one of the bar. Lots of light bouncing around!

Yes, I don't see how one can call the LX5 a point and shoot. From my point of view a true "point and shoot" is one that has no controls - like my Canon Elph SD870 IS. It can zoom a bit but that's it.;)
 
LX-5 Meets Alcatraz

My wife and I flew up to San Francisco this past Saturday for the day. We will often take these day trips just to go shooting. On this trip I wanted to shoot and I did San Fransisco's China town. (I have not even looked at these yet) Which I did. But while up their, we stopped off at Alcatraz and went for the tour.

The Golden gate bridge on the left and Alcatraz on the right.
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Alcatraz
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The morg in Alcatraz
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The showers in Alcatraz
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The cells in Alcatraz
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One of the escape dummies in Alcatraz
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Another dummy
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The rest can be found here. :)
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Javier - these are all very eerie and your choice of black and white and the graininess worked out really well for the subject matter. Your choice on that wide angle view in your first picture emphasizes the futile nature of escape, or so it would seem. I don't know the history of Alcatraz when it comes to escapes. My own experience with Alcatraz really comes through that Burt Lancaster movie "The Bird Man of Alcatraz", and it's stuck in my mind ever since I was little.
 
Great set. The water shots are eerily pretty, but you know what's coming. And the interior shots are just devastating. Particularly the shots of the cramped cells. The shower facility actually looks a little bit too nice, but that might just be the other tourists walking around in the pic.

-Ray
 
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