[nikonf4] Re: Shades of Green
- From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:17:49 -0800
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.
>
>
> Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
> Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
> 2010 / 12 / 8 23:34 PST
>
> 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
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