[Leica] Jupiter recommendation

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Thanks Phil.



Op 19-jun-06, om 05:03 heeft Phil Swango het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe Orlent wrote:
> Beautiful colors, Phil.
> How do you get them? What film? How do you work in post processing?
>
> Thanks, Philippe.  All the shots in the Jupiter set were on Fuji  
> Superia
> 400, exposed at ISO 200 and processed and scanned by Fuji Frontier
> (Walgreen) at 1200spi.  I don't have a pro-grade film scanner.  For  
> the ones
> posted to the website, I usually touch up curves and resize in  
> Picasa 2 to
> around 700 pixel max horizontal width, least possible compression.   
> I don't
> change the color settings unless something doesn't look right, but  
> I DO
> routinely desaturate slightly to compensate for Picasa's tendency to
> oversaturate slightly.  One thought is that I desaturate by eye and  
> may not
> be quite compensating for what Picasa has added.  Little or no USM  
> other
> than what is applied during the scan.
>
> The only other thing is that I live at an altitude of 5,000 to  
> 6,000 feet
> above sea level and a relative humidity of maybe 10-20 percent most  
> days, so
> the air is really clear and colors bright.  Also, of course, I  
> shoot with
> color in mind and select shots for the web that think will show  
> well. (wink)
>
> I also use Superia for  for b/w.  Another good thing is that it  
> only costs
> around $1.50 per 24 exp roll.
>
> -- 
> Phil Swango
> 307 Aliso Dr SE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-262-4085
>
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