Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Peter. I must have missed some of the earlier posts. I suspect proper exposure is the key to such good performance. I've had some problems with blown highlights with the film and wanted to understand your work flow. Dick >Richard, > >thanks again. It was, as I said elsewhere, done by my "corner" >dev+scan shop on a Noritsu scanner, scanned to CD and handed to me. >I cropped it - slightly as I recall - and adjusted the levels >**slightly** to get the effect I wanted, but really not much; and >then a little usm and that was it apart from converting to a JPEG >for the gallery. > >I use PS Elements 2.0 as I think it much better than 4.0 and I am >too tight to buy PS CS, because it has a whole lot of stuff that I >neither need nor want! A copy of PS 7.0 I might buy, but you can't >gert them. The only thing I miss in Elements is the lack of curves. > >Peter > >Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>Peter - Can't really add much to the kudos you've received for this >>shot except to agree. BW400CN really does handle the extreme >>contrasts well. Your's is the first example I've seen on the LUG >>with tonality that matches the samples on the Kodak website. >> >>I know you said you "guestimated" the exposure but was this a >>commercial scan or a personal scan? Did you adjust levels or use >>curves in PS to get this beautiful range? >> >>Great shot. Thanks. >> >>>At the Embankment Tube Station florist's stand: >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album347/Lily_1200603 >>> >>>Leica IIIf 3.5 cm Summaron f5.6 1/200th Kodak BW400CN >>> >>>well, I like it! I finally got the variety of blacks and greys out >>>of the film that I want- and crisp white. >>> >>>Comments and constructive criticism welcome as ever. >>> >>> >>>Peter Dzwig >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 -- Regards, Dick Boston MA