Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You could leave your dust and scratches in there Tina and call it "me then". People pay big money to have those dust and scratches put in there by EXPERTS!!! You've got yours in there free! Seriously!!! I've done lot of treatments of old stuff cleaning them up but then seeing the original before cleaned up versions and liking them better on the long run. A just going back to using those. Remember when we saw Phillips slides at the NYLLUG thing from Iraq a few months ago right before your slide show and he just let all the grit in his camera DO ITS THANG! I had to duck a few times! Iraq! Iran! They both start with I! mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> Reply-To: Leica Users Group > <lug@leica-users.org> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:26:24 -0400 To: > <lug@leica-users.org>, <paw@micapeak.com>, <seephoto@micapeak.com>, > <digitalusersgroup@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Iran > > PESO: > > I've been scanning more photos from Iran in the 1970's and have put a few > up > for review: > > http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/gallery/3917425_sxVhB#229714857_dbyCB > > If you want to see them large, click on Slideshow. If you are one of those > who think execution is more important than content, don't bother. They will > drive you crazy. As they have me. These are terribly scratched, dirty old > negatives which may only be of historical interest. They were made when I > was > very young and using my first camera - a Minolta SRT 101 - and either Plus > X > or Tri X Kodak film that had been stored in the window of a photo shop in > Teheran, developed with outdated chemicals in heavy mineral well-water in a > dust storm in the desert. ;-) I had a lot to learn about photography! I > still have several thousand more to scan, but I'm taking a break because > the > spotting is driving me crazy. I'll post a before and after of one 100% > section > of a photo if anybody is interested. > > Seeing spots in my sleep! > > Tina > > Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information