Re: IMG: Do you believe in Goblins? Here's one, hiding in a tree
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:58:47 -0700
At 7/21/2009, you wrote:
Just been scanning some old slides again - I noticed a bluish
splodge on this one, in the trees on the right.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/TyneSwale0175scan-Edit.jpg.html
I took a closer look - converted it to BW to get rid of the colour
noise - and now...
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/TyneSwale_monster.jpg.html
I have no idea what it is - whatever it is, it does look rather
strange, alien and a little scary.
Not so scary, Douglas!
I duplicated your experiment, using both GIMP & FastStone Image
Viewer, and got your result each time. The reason is simple....
The "spot" is a light blue; which, when converted to B&W, will become
white (or near white). This explains why, in the days of B&W TV,
all announcers/newscasters (I was one of them!) wore light blue
shirts, on set. The light blue reproduced as white, whereas a white
shirt looked grey.
Use GIMP (free), Photoshop or whatever graphics package you have to
clone out the spot. Simple desaturation will not work.
Besides, I like the colour version!
Cheers!
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David Young
Logan Lake, BC
Wildlife Photos: www.furnfeather.net
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