[nikonf4] Re: Shades of Green
- From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:20:23 -0800
Okay send me a photo that needs that kind of work. Make it a full image, but
jpeg it so that it's less than 10 megs.
On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Koichi Mac wrote:
>
> The slide looks identical to the untouched JPG I sent. So the sky is
> kind of washed out.
>
> If there is a way to combine same image scanned at different contrast /
> brightness levels, I would like to know how. That would be god-send
> technique for my kind of photos which tends to have wide gap between bright
> and dark areas, like ones I sent last night about Snake River.
>
>
> Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
> Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
> 2010 / 12 / 10 04:52 PST
>
> On Dec 9, 2010, at 0617 , Eric Welch wrote:
>
>> Look at the slide. What do the clouds look like? Do they have more detail?
>> If so, reduce the contrast and scan it for the sky. Then scan it again for
>> the foreground. Then use Photoshop to combine the two images into one.
>> There's easy ways to do that with such an image. If you can scan both ways I
>> can show you how to combine them.
>>
>> If there is no more detail in the slide than we're seeing here, then you're
>> out of luck. This is what split neutral density filters are for, and in the
>> digital realm, HDR.
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Koichi Mac wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I have to think how much of that "too much blue" is due to the
>>> feature of Velvia film and lack of skylight filter. Yeah, the loss of
>>> cloud detail bothers me a little.
>>>
>>> Let me see if I can find the original slide again and rescan……OK, here
>>> it is. This is untouched, at 1.0 default brightness setting. Seems
>>> slightly underexposed……by 1/3 stop? The cloud does not seem all that much
>>> better (included the original photos below). So it means I can't do much
>>> on the cloud. Or, does it look right to you? Do you think I tend to
>>> over-brighten?
>>>
>>> <3x5 306.jpeg>
>>>
>>> Have been pretty busy scanning slides and editing iTunes music files in
>>> the past week. Just sprayed straight bleach to kill mildew in my bathroom
>>> - halfway. Didn't use respirator - now kinda hard to breathe. Cigarette
>>> doesn't taste good to me at this moment.
>>>
>>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 2036 , Eric Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Too much blue in the first two images. They needed that skylight filter.
>>>> :-D
>>>>
>>>> The sky is also pretty blown out. Much better to drop the exposure since
>>>> there's plenty of detail in the foreground. Back in the film days, this is
>>>> the kind of photo the split gradient filters were for.
>>>>
>>>> From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: November 30, 2010 8:11:45 PST
>>>> To: Nikon F4 <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [nikonf4] Shades of Green
>>>> Reply-To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if I ever sent this out before. But if I did, they were from
>>>> PS-50 digital. These are scanned from Nikon F3, AFS 28-70/2.8 Fuji
>>>> Velvia. Which one looks better?
>>>>
>>>> This one no black point, white point adjustment.
>>> <3x5 306A.jpeg>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 0.02% black point, white point. Looks brightened up but lost more cloud
>>>> details.
>>> <3x5 306B BWP002.jpeg>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This one looks best among other same shots.
>>> <3x5 310.jpeg>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent medium, 350 KB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
>>>> Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
>>>> 2010 / 11 / 30 20:12 PST
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like.
>> People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and
>> told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just
>> what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs
>>
>
>
Eric
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