Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love your color work, Craig. Except for the landscape with a bit too much blue in it. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 6-aug-06, om 10:30 heeft Craig Roberts het volgende geschreven: > Hey y'all -- > > Well, I got a new scanner a couple of days ago and I've been having > a blast with it. It's an Epson 4990 and it's amazing me with its > quality and speed. > > > Since pictures speak louder than words, here a few samples from > slides I picked at random from the top of one of my storage files. > I'll try to find some better ones tomorrow, but I'm anxious to > share the scans. These were all Leica M4 with 50mm Summicron > frames. Click on them for full size viewing. > > ...from a nearby construction site: > > www.aerialacts.com/air_hoses.jpg > > from a marine supply shop window in my old home town of Gloucester, > Mass... > > www.aerialacts.com/Sammy_fish.jpg > > a shot taken on my way to work in Gloucester one morning... > > www.aerialacts.com/Gloucester_morn.jpg > > from a recent trip to nearby West Virginia... > > www.aerialacts.com/Germany_Valley.jpg > > same trip... > > www.aerialacts.com/Mine.jpg > > > Here are some Rolleiflex SL66 shots from recent days. The black > and white shots are on TMAX 400 which I dunked in Rodinal. > > First, a shot I did last week for my company's annual report...be > sure to click on this one for full size viewing. It was hand held > at 1/15, which proves that the mirror slap of the SL66 is plenty > loud, but doesn't hurt much... > > www.aerialacts.com/Peter_portrait.jpg > > Another colleague: > > www.aerialacts.com/Doug_G.jpg > > Here's an outdoor shot 1/250 f11. It's a marker in front of my > great-great-great-great grandfather's gravestone here in > Washington, DC. It's a deadly boring shot but demonstrates the > tonal range of the scanner nicely, I think. > > www.aerialacts.com/marker.jpg > > A color frame taken with my Rolleiflex 2.8E Xenotar on Fujichrome > Velvia. That's natural light with uncorrected incandescent adding > some warmth. It's a sitting room in an Exeter, New Hampshire bed > and breakfast. The innkeeper's going to use this on their website > and brochures. > > www.aerialacts.com/Exeter_inn_web.jpg > > From my back yard... > > www.aerialacts.com/gnome.jpg > > ...and at the Frederick (MD) Municipal Airport nearby from a color > negative (Kodak Portra 160NC)... > > www.aerialacts.com/DC_3_1.jpg > > and finally, the same airplane on Ilford Delta 100 developed in > Ilfotec DD-X... > > http://www.aerialacts.com/DC_3_2.jpg > > I am very pleased with my new scanner. > All the best, > > Craig Roberts > Washington, DC > > > > >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >