[Leica] Work During Confinement

[Ken Carney]

Thanks Tina.  As a tax research nerd I never thought sitting at the computer would be fun but here we are. 

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> On Dec 7, 2020, at 4:44 PM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Really nice!!  Isn't it great to make good use of this down-time?  I've
> spent most of it sitting in front of my computer!
> 
> It looks like you've got the B&W scanning down pat.
> 
> Tina
> 
>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 4:23 PM Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> With movement being so limited during the Covid mess, I've been going
>> back through old negatives.  I've been picking up the pace on scanning,
>> thanks to Chris Crawford's tutorial on scanning b&w negs, and trying to
>> improve my Photoshop technique.
>> 
>> Here is an image of a dune in Death Valley.  I shot it with a 210mm
>> Rodenstock lens, but never printed it because the shutter blade outline
>> is very visible, not sure why.  A little work with the healing brush
>> fixed that.  Then I added a sky from my front yard.  4x5 TMax 100 in
>> TMax RS developer:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Dune_Rev2020.jpg.html
>> 
>> In this image of Manly Beacon in Death Valley, the top third of the
>> negative is uneven and smudged, maybe a mistake in developing.  It is a
>> clear sky except for the setting moon and clouds over the Panamints, so
>> I took an image of a clear sky, used that in sky replacement and brushed
>> only the damaged part of the sky.  I had never been able to fix it with
>> the clone brush.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/ManlyBeacon_Rev2020-2.jpg.html
>> 
>> Comments and suggestions always appreciated.
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
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