Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]been there, done that... :-) I recall a photo teacher who would actually window matt images cut out from 35mm contact sheets. Looked very elegant! Dan C. At 07:40 PM 26-08-00 -0600, John Collier wrote: >I just printed off my first image on my Epson Stylus 750 and all I can say >is...... Wait, I am getting ahead of myself. > >I had a few scans done of problem negs from ten or so years back and shot >them into PhotoShop LE to have some fun. Very impressive. You can get right >down to individual pixels. Amazing control and that undo feature makes >experimenting fun and painless. So I tweaked the levels and curves, did a >little burning of a few hotspots and retouched the eyes slightly. > >Then I got out the brand new superduper photo paper and fired up the >printer. Selected highest quality, hey I use Leicas, and punched the launch >button. I turned to my darling wife and told her proudly what I was up to >and noticed that the printer was finished. I turned around and the paper >looked blank! I pulled it out of the machine and there.....right in the very >centre.....was a negative sized, high quality, image! > >I kind of like the big white borders, don't you? > >John Collier, still learning after all these years > > >