[Leica] IMG: Shoeshine

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Tina,
On my calibrated monitor it looks too contrasty. Maybe you should dial down
the contrast while scanning to get a flat scan, and then do the adjustments
in post processing. Post processing software, like Photoshop, tend to be
far more capable of subtle adjustments than scanning software. Another
thing you could try is to get the scanned output as a TIFF file, and take
it straight into Photoshop, therefore eliminating one layer of adjustments
in ACR, which I presume you have to do when getting a scanned output in the
DNG format.

If you start with a high contrast scan, the end result will always look
over processed, there is no getting away from it,  in my experience.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> OK.  Here is one straight out of the scanner.  I have done nothing to it.
> No spotting - it's full of dust and scratches.  No auto-tone.  Just scanned
> as DNG, converted to jpeg and sized for pbase:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/162372659
>
> Is that one over-processed looking?
>
> I posted the other two right after that one on pBase.  Just trying to
> figure out where the problem is.
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I added another shoeshine photo.  Are the tones better in this one?
>  More
> > grays?  I calibrated my monitor and did less processing.
> >
> >
> >
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Guatemala/G0000Xme8ffpow3M/I0000FXWhhDBEWTc
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
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