[Leica] IMG: B&W Images

[Jim Nichols]

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

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA