[Leica] IMG: Health Promoter

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Tina SHOWED:
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Health Promoter


 > I haven't finished editing the Guatemalan market photos yet, but the
> scanning goes on.  I'm now scanning black and white, TMax, from Guatemalan
> Medical clinics:  61840
>
> After several years of conducting medical clinics with doctors,
> optometrists, dentists, nurses all from the USA, the Guatemalan community
> leaders requested help with training their own health promoters.  Using 
> the
> book Where There Is No Doctor, we held workshops for all of the health
> promoters from rural villages.  During the first two days they would learn
> to take blood pressures, temperatures, vital signs, etc. and practiced on
> each other.  For the rest of the week, they would assist the doctors in
> actual clinics.
>
> This photo is in the actual clinic:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/152147804
>
> When I used Camera Raw to set the white balance, it automatically 
> converted
> the RGB scan to sepia.  I kind of like the warm look.  How do you feel
> about sepia vs straight B&W?

Hi Tina,
I like both! The sepia is so subtle it just adds a hint making the photo 
have a "comfort zone"  look to it. I think the B&W is good as any B&W as 
it's still the content that counts the most in either!

However the boy with the sepia fits to the content very well. Kind of smile 
and twinkling eye are a kind of warm nd affectionate feeling. ERGO?  Hint of 
tint works !! :-)

ted