Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like this image very much Tina. the scanner has handled it well. I really must get some of my trannies scanned in. Your comment about Kodachrome and b&w not scanning well is (of course) very true. I switched to chromogenic films in the latter years of film and now they scan beautifully. Vuescan can take care of the Kodachromes quite well. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) Web: www.gwpics.com On 25 Jan 2012, at 22:58, Tina Manley wrote: > But her dress does really jump out at you in the dark house with all of the > browns and greys. That's why the Lenca women wear such bright colors. > They are surrounded by drab, dirt colors all of their lives. The dresses > look florescent. ICE doesn't affect any films adversely except Kodachrome > and B&W. My scanner scans twice for each slide. > > Thanks, > > Tina > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> You said its a multiscan? How many times through do you have it going >> through? >> The colors look really jacked up to me. And it may be my screen which is >> LED. Her dress is jumping off my screen. I think sometimes with color >> less >> is more. >> It seems that with many scans of slides there are a lot of blacks that >> never >> get shot though. Big areas of black you don't get with a capture. I >> wonder >> if lots of multiscans could get through them? >> >> And yet a third thing: if one was having any problems at all I'd suggest >> trying it without the ICE. I think the ICE makes it hard on the scanner >> and >> computer do deal with everything else. But what do I know! :) >> >> -- >> Mark R. >> >>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:10 -0500 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Metate >>> >>> How about this one? >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/141127013 >>> >>> Cropped a little and with no light behind her nose. I actually like her >>> hands better in this one. >>> Thanks for making me look further! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Herb. I've got about a dozen more, but I liked the placement of >>>> her hands in this one. I'll see if I have one without the nose light. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I remember metate from many trips to Mexico during the six years I >> lived >>>>> in Houston. No, I don't think the general backlight is too strong with >> one >>>>> exception: that strong triangle of light just to the left of her nose. >> Had >>>>> you stood a few inches to the right, it would have been hidden. >>>>> >>>>> Ain't post mortem thoughts great :-) >>>>> >>>>> Herb >>>>> >>>>> PESO: >>>>>> >>>>>> How about this one? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Extreme backlighting - too much? The metate is the stone that she is >>>>>> grinding the corn on. >>>>>> >>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tina >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See >>>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailma >>>>>> n/listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Herbert Kanner >>>>> kanner at acm.org >>>>> 650-326-8204 >>>>> >>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See >>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailman >>>>> /listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Gerry Walden LRPS +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) Web: www.gwpics.com