Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 9 Aug 2005 at 16:28, Richard wrote: > Good pic, but have you checked the white and black points? The dynamic > range seems to be compress a bit, e.g. looking a bit greyish. I bet there > is more data in the pic. There is, but I compressed the scale deliberately to get the midtones where I wanted them... going for more of a soft vintage feel. I've always loved platinum prints and I'm trying for something along that line on the computer since I have neither the time nor the money to do them for real. (Fiberbase enlargements, yes. Platinum/palladium, no.) It's a scan direct from an FP4 neg and I haven't gotten the hang of getting decent scans from the silver films without enough grain to choke a herd of horses... I usually do wet prints first and scan from those, and I suspect I'll wind up doing that here, too. (and, not to ignore your question, my meter for "good enough" is calibrated on Salgado, the Westons, Paul Strand, John Sexton, and similar beings. If you're gonna fall short, fall short of something VERY long.)-- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request