Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Retro Blast... IIIA and a Summar
From: geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee)
Date: Wed Nov 30 16:14:59 2005
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "Leica Users Group"
<lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: 30 November 2005 23:54
Subject: Re: [Leica] Retro Blast... IIIA and a Summar


> At 03:02 PM 11/30/2005, GeeBee wrote:
> >Hi Richard,
> >
> >I don't see the 'general grayness' as a problem. My initial scans are low
in
> >contrast and too light because I prefer them that way.  I find it easier
to
> >darken and add contrast than to start too dark and contrasty and then try
to
> >reverse it. If you thought them too light I don't understand why you
didn't
> >darken them in PS. Or were you poking the list rottweilers with a stick
:-)
> >
>  http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/crop0015.jpg
>  http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/crop0018.jpg
>
> Heh... if only I am so clever :-) I am too simpleminded to scheme things.
I
> did darken a little bit already. I am always afraid of "doing too much" in
> Photoshop. The weird thing is, and I suppose this indicates that the
> haze/fog whatever is to the side, the lightest/haziest part is around the
> upper third of the vertical pictures, e.g. right smack in the face area!!!
>
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I didn't touch the face:
http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/crop0018a.jpg

--Graham




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