I need to review some things in Photoshop. Use it or lose it. When I was adjusting those pix that were off, I knew that I should deselect the sky, but I had forgotten how to use the layer masks, etc.
--shannon On May 17, 2007, at 6:19 PM, EJ Neilsen wrote:
Shannon, Yes, labs can and do pull process E6 film. 6:00 is a standardprocess time for a roller transport line. Most max out at a 2 stop pull or no faster than 4:00 or so. There is usually an extra charge but it is not a lot and can really help. And much more of a pull will make the color cross over much harder to over come. I'd suggest using a color bar in a few shots to give a way to see the color. You know color bars? They are used in copy work. They will give you a spot that you can place your color picker/olddays known as a probe and adjust to get black, white, etc.The color needs to be dealt with as spot objects; don't fix the whole scenejust the area that needs adjustment. This is like using a split coloredfilter for use with skies. And since this is going off topic; scanning I'llfill you in off line.Al Weber out in California was the first person I knew that was using a 2 stop pull and printing as Cibachrome. When used with a low contrast paper it made beautiful prints. It would be a similar type step to make your skies more printable in B&W. Expose for the dark areas with detail and develop for the highlights, add your filtration to tighten up the whole scene and thenmake it come to life in the darkroom. Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://ericneilsenphotography.com Skype ejprinter-----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon Stoney Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 5:52 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: shamefully off topic Can you get a lab to do this for you? I never process color film at home. I scan transparencies for digital printing. Sometimes I have a hard time adjusting the color if it's wrong. For example, I shot a neighbor's house at Christmas for their christmas card. I used Velvia 100 with no filtration, and the tungsten light on the porch and the interior lights made the color very weird. The grey exterior turned way red/magenta. I fixed it as best I could in photoshop but it never looked right I thought. Same deal with someinflated Christmas yard ornaments: they turned out really yellow wherethey were supposed to be white. Those were easier to adjust, but then the sky went weird. --shannon On May 17, 2007, at 1:28 PM, EJ Neilsen wrote:UNLESS you are going to project your slide or use your transparency forabsolute color reproduction, if you are planning on making a print with yourfilm, you can expose for more of the shadow and pull the film 2 stops. Practice this and you'll find that it works quite well. You are makingit upany ways due to film choice, etc, so let the color go, you will adjustit in printing and or scanning. Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://ericneilsenphotography.com Skype ejprinter-----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon Stoney Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:04 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] shamefully off topic I know this is really bad to ask on this list, but... when exposing transparency film, do you expose for the highlights (the opposite of negative film)? --shannon==================================================================== ====== =================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.===================================================================== ======================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon toyour account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when yousubscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.====================================================================== =======================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to youraccount (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.======================================================================= ====================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.
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