Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations on developing your film. With that control in your hands you can dial in exactly what tonality you prefer. In that light, you seem to prefer a push to the right with almost clipped whites and not hitting the left side of the curve. If that is intentional then work on exposure/development to hit a slightly denser negative. Also, it will be easier to buy a lot of film in the preferred SKU so you aren't chasing lot changes and oops, we are out of stock today disappointments. Also, take Jayanand's suggestions and try out different enhancement programs(DXO seems to be less aggressive and possibly a better general purpose tool) as they all treat your files differently. In Topaz do make use of the extended editing tools to add or eliminate sections that the software is working on: I will admit the version 8 that was released this week seems less prone to over do things. You probably don't need the advice so consider this encouragement on the film journey. On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:17?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > In the past few months, I have done a couple of new things when it comes > to shooting film. First, I have begun to use the Topaz AI suite, and I have > gone back through my 2022 film images and reprocessed them using those > tools; there is definitely a learning curve, but I think that I am now > getting the hang of it (mainly using the controls to dial back some of the > effects, actually). The second development (no pun intended) is that I have > started to develop my own film again (until recently, I was sending it off > to a lab in Valencia)?I get better results by doing it myself and save > money in the process, so it is definitely a win-win situation. > > I have just added 12 mostly informal portraits to my Film Portraits > gallery, all taken since June 2022, but recently reprocessed as mentioned > above. You can click on the individual links below, or just click on the > arrow on the right to move to the next image. > > My classmate Lone: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-jxB7BRB/A > > Eri: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-xsDmKRF/A > > Carolina and Carmen: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-qMGkCNr/A > > I?aki?s daughter (I forgot her name): > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-H9PZFVZ/A > > I?aki and his daughter: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-4tcspNL/A > > My former trainee Antanina: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-5BJdgWt/A > > Our neighbour Juan: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-t5mL3WT/A > > Juan?s wife Isabel: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-tNrQQp8/A > > A face in Brussels: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-XmxV5Vv/A > > Eri, again: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-2RqLw56/A > > The wine lady: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-NKc6z9K/A > > The last 3 are developed by me. > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com