Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]tough piece of work, well done ric > On Jan 25, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Since I'm stuck at home, I've been going through my archive of favorite old > pictures. This pair highlights what it took to do something with film that > is easier now with digital photography. Researchers came to our lab in > 1982 with 14 4x5 Polaroid negatives shot through a microscope of a mouse's > tongue. They > had put together a composite print from the positives, but the densities > were all over the place, and it wouldn't be good enough for publication, so > they > wanted a better version made. I did it using RC paper and our Kodak > RoyalPrint processor. I had to start at the bottom, and then work my way > up the tongue negatives, matching the overlapping edges as much as > possible. The RC paper allowed me to check he matches right away and make > any adjustments. > It took two work days to finish. > > The researcher's version: < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1A.jpg.html >> > Mine: < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1B.jpg.html >> > -- > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amagayneroshak at gmail.com > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information