Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have no idea how to even use an unsharp mask. Jasc software gives you 3 parameters that mean nothing to me: (1) radius, (2) strength, and (3) clipping. What on earth do these mean, and what would be a reasonable setting for them? Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Straus > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:34 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Not really OT: Push & pull of neg film > > > on 12/27/01 9:57 AM, Jeffery Smith at jsmith45@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > I didn't change the image in any way other than to scan it. The > lighting in > > the church was very diffuse. The web image is softer than the > actual image > > because of the JPEG conversion and compression. When I have > shot this stuff > > at 400, I get very sharp detail but the faces are often > unflattering. I'm > > going to try about 20 rolls at 200 and 320. E.I. 200 indoors is > problematic > > unless you have a 50/1.2 at 1.2. > > The light is great. Perfect for the shot. I'd probably just use a little > unsharp mask (50-70%) on it to bring back the sharpness. It still > looks good > for being a stop over the lace on the woman is nice. I'm too accustomed to > slide film right now and think that the neg film I use needs to be more > punchy, I'll need to work on that frame of mind. I miss the > smooth qualities > of the negative... > > Against my better judgement here's a link to some Christmas snaps that was > meant for family eye's only ;) and as I mentioned in another post my plane > of focus is off on a few shots. I'll need to work on that when > off centering > the subject at close range. Film was T400CN Portra. The contrast may still > seem high (too much black?) but it more mellow than the prints I got back! > They had some jacked up contrast! I will say I like working with negs > (scanning) better than slides. The latitude of the film makes it > easier for > me to get a decent scan. Far less blown out highlights when getting the > shadows to show up. > > http://SlideOne.com/christmas.html > > -- > John > Chicago, IL > http://SlideOne.com > ==================== > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html