Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/04

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: B&W Images
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:12:39 -0600
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Thank? you, Lluis.? Yes, I frequently go for a sharper image than some 
would like.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/4/2019 4:14 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> You did a good work Jim on this picture, it looks great, maybe the 
> focusing or the clarity on the eyes is a little bit over processed for my 
> personal preferences, but there are your preferences the ones important, 
> it is your picture.
>
> Lluis
>   
>
>> El 4 mar? 2019, a les 19:33, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
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