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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Old B&W Revisited
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:05:57 -0500
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Thanks, Douglas.? No family remaining there, so I haven't been back 
since attending a funeral there 18 years ago.? Even then, most of the 
older businesses were gone.? Not even Walmart could make a go of it, so, 
after hurting all the old businesses, even they closed up.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/27/2018 5:39 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A very nice trip in the time machine, Jim. Don't know whether you 
> still travel back there, but it would be interesting to see a 
> contemporary photo from the same spot using a similar length lens. 
> Google street view shows it but it's not the same.
>
> Douglas
>
> On 25/03/2018 17:23, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Nathan's recent B&W images set me to thinking about older images.? 
>> With the tools available today, older scanned images can undergo 
>> considerable improvement.? Here is a small town street scene from my 
>> home town, shot in 1952 with my Leica IIIa and 50/3.5 Elmar. 
>> Processed with LR and PS with help from Focus Magic and Neat image.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20100426-Commerce+Street+Aberdeen+MS+52+orig.JPG.html
>>  
>>
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Old B&W Revisited)
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