[Leica] Wayback Photos: Composite Print For Research Publication

[Don Dory]

Who knew that a tongue was a sculpture.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 1:45 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Since I'm stuck at home, I've been going through my archive of favorite old
> pictures.  This pair highlights what it took to do something with film that
> is easier now with digital photography.  Researchers came to our lab in
> 1982 with 14 4x5 Polaroid negatives shot through a microscope of a mouse's
> tongue.  They
> had put together a composite print from the positives, but the densities
> were all over the place, and it wouldn't be good enough for publication, so
> they
> wanted a better version made.  I did it using RC paper and our Kodak
> RoyalPrint processor.  I had to start at the bottom, and then work my way
> up the tongue negatives, matching the overlapping edges as much as
> possible.  The RC paper allowed me to check he matches right away and make
> any adjustments.
> It took two work days to finish.
>
> The researcher's version: <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1A.jpg.html
> >
> Mine: <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1B.jpg.html
> >
> --
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amagayneroshak at gmail.com
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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