Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 17, 2008, at 5:10 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 07:57 AM 9/17/2008, you wrote: >> Hi Tina, >> >> Mark may be right on this dust issue. >> IMHO the dusty shot presented works better than the clean ones I've >> seen so far. >> Dust and scratches bring in time along with them, which here is of >> the essence as they are pre islamic revolution documents, hence >> part of history, and show scenes never to be seen again for some of >> them. >> Of course, this is about one specific picture, but removing too >> much will bring the viewer t think they are freshly made, and yet >> not up to today's technical standards, which you have already >> acknowledged. >> However, they remain wonderful framings of instants of the past, >> and I hope you'll keep them coming, with or without dust and >> scratches. >> >> Most repectfully. >> Phx > > > Wow. That would save me months of spotting. I could just scan and > put them up. Do you really think it's ok to show all of the flaws? > I can see your point that it's part of history, but it makes me want > to get out the healing brush and go to work! Maybe I should leave > them alone for the time being and just get them all scanned and > posted. let's see a representative example or two of the untouched kind...Steve > > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information