Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Tina.? Today's tools make it a lot easier.? A few images from the early 1900s have cleaned up nicely.? They appear to be studio shots. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 3/4/2019 12:52 PM, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: > That looks great, especially for a 60-year-old photo!! > > Tina > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:33 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> After reading Tina and Lluis' discussion of B&W image processing, I >> pulled up one of my first and favorite Leica images and reprocessed it. >> This was camera shop processing, from 1952, and had some scratches and >> flaws. I used Neat Image to clean it up without losing detail, Focus >> Magic Level 1 to sharpen slightly, Photoshop tools to remove some >> imperfections, and then Silver Efex Pro 2.0 for final adjustments. >> >> You are both right. The tools available for B&W are very limited when >> compared to color images. >> >> This is my favorite shot of my late wife, at age 20, in 1952. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070706-Donna+02+52.JPG.html >> >> Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, Kodak Plus-X >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >