[Leica] IMG: B&W Images

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Tina.  Today's tools make it a lot easier.  A few images from 
the early 1900s have cleaned up nicely.  They appear to be studio shots.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/4/2019 12:52 PM, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
> That looks great, especially for a 60-year-old photo!!
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> Tina
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> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:33 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> This is my favorite shot of my late wife, at age 20, in 1952.
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>> 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
>>
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