Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> GREG LORENZO showed: > > Still working on the scanner thing. > > see: http://www.leica-gallery.net/gjl-1/image-91795.html<<<< > > Hi Greg, > My gut reaction when looking at the musicians? It looks like it's > printed on > a #1 or softer paper. Like there isn't a clean B&W look to it. No > contrast. > Muddy print. Lot's of detail, just way too flat! > > Another way of what it looks like? If I said the paper was over- > exposed and > pulled from the developer too soon producing this grey flat look > rather than > letting it develop for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes producing a nice clean > B&W look > might be another way of describing it. > > I'm not sure what effect you're trying to get in the look, but I > don't think > it's doing anything for the quality of photograph as a print.Or if > you like, > as seen on the screen. > > Is this look happening when you put the neg in the scanner with > everything > set to "auto- scan B&W negative?" Or does this look happen when > you start > screwing around trying to get some kind of "old timer" look? > > It's an interesting photograph of people/busker life around > Vancouver's > Stanley Park or the water front, but the look doesn't cut it for > me. Sorry > mate. > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >