[Leica] Lee's PAW

[Engl6914 at cableone.net (Lee England)]

Don,

    Thanks for the comment about my photo.  Do you have any idea what to do
about the static, classic braching?  Come to think of it, one of my great
scenes from New Orleans was ruined by that kind of object--and it was hot
and humid that day as well.

Lee England
Natchez, Miss.


> From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com>
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> Lee,
> The off color is because the print wasn't absolutely flat on the scanner.
> Try using something like a piece of glass to hold the print absolutely flat
> on the scanner.  Anything will work as long as it is the same size as the
> glass on the scanner, is absolutely flat, and is not forgiving in any way.
> That way you can push down on the lid of the scanner and hold the print
> flat.
> 
> To me, the white mark looks like static, classic branching.  I would think
> that the humidity was too high at the sea but that is what it looks like.
> 
> The image itself is quite lovely.  Great timing as the carraige of the 
> young
> girl? makes the image.  I might have printed it somewhat darker but you are
> the artist.
> 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
> 
> 
> On 3/12/06, Lee England <Engl6914@cableone.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Y'all,
>> 
>>    This is a print I did yesterday from a trip taken back during
>> Katrina--in September.  Yeah, I'm behind on my printing.  It's taken along
>> the seawall at the fishing town of Essaouira in Morocco.  This scanner,
>> Microtek 900i, is still new to me, and I'm not technically minded to begin
>> with.  The fade out on the woman's robe at the right has to do with the
>> scan, since it's not apparent on the print.  Neither is some darkening of
>> the sky that you might notice on the scan.
>>    At the lower right on the wall you'll notice a white thread like
>> object--I've been getting more of this on the HP5 Plus I've been using
>> lately.  It's almost impossible to retouch, and I'm not sure what to do
>> about it.  I think it's in the emulsion to begin with (before the
>> processing).  I couldn't swear to that, but I'm fastidious about dust and
>> such.  Seems like it's always on a good frame.
>>    The paper is Forte, and I tried something new--did a partial toning in
>> selenium and snatched it when I saw changes in the dark areas--then toned
>> it
>> again with Fotospeed sepia.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album387/essaouiraseawall
>> 
>> Although 98% of my photographs are with a Leica M2, this is one of the few
>> taken with a Rolleiflex F model (about 1970).  I'll learn from anything
>> you
>> say.
>> 
>> Lee England
>> Natchez, Mississippi  USA
>>