Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that you've looked at my wildlife shot... http://www.2alpha.net/~pklein/oldpics/bighorn_bw.htm ...I must reveal that it's actually a Kodachrome 25 slide. But in color, somehow it scans with purple and blue junk on the animals no matter what I do. I guess this is an example of what Tony Sleep (filmscanners list moderator) calls an "UtterBastard Kodachrome." Here's a smaller color version with some overall color cast correction applied, but there's still blue and purple near the highlights in some dark areas of the hair. http://www.2alpha.net/~pklein/oldpics/bighorn_blue.jpg If I eliminate all the blue stuff with overall color cast correction, the whole thing turns very yellow. So next I've done some correcting of the individual shades of blue. http://www.2alpha.net/~pklein/oldpics/bighorn_cc.jpg This gets better, but there's still some hints of blue in the dark fur. Much more than this, and it looks very artificial. Nikon LS-2000, Vuescan and Picture Window Pro. If anyone has suggestions on how to deal with these "blues," I'd love to hear them. The lighting was very difficult, semi-overcast day with occasional sun breaks, so there was blue sky, reflecting clouds, high contrast, yatta yatta yatta. I know that this picture can be printed well in color, because I've got a nice 8x10 of it hanging in my office. The print was done by a local custom lab. - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html