Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jim. I'll be saving your workflow description to try on some of my "wide lattitude" exposures. Really appreciate you taking the time to respond. You are quite right to like your efforts; a real keeper. Thanks again, Bob - --- Jim McIntyre <mcintyre@ca.inter.net> wrote: > Bob, > > My scanner (HPS20) software scans a thumbnail, from > which I can adjust > cropping and exposure. The settings are a quite > crude, really, but allow me > to adjust highlight, midtones and shadows. I scanned > the first image to get > the contrast and detail of the girl, and the second > to get some detail in > the orchestra. I then further adjusted contrast and > brightness of each image > in an image editor, concentrating on the parts I > knew I was going to use. > > I then did a little "dodging and burning" in > photopaint, selecting and > "feathering" areas to adjust, with the feathering > set to not get hard edges. > > To finish the image, I used a freehand selection > around the girl, feathered, > and did a copy and paste into the other image. I > lined things up visually, > and had my image. I also worked with the lower > screen resolution image, > which is far more forgiving > > I'm by no stretch a power user for photo software, > but I'm pleased with the > improvement in the image. I think I could have > achieved the same thing or > similar in the darkroom, with masking out and using > double exposures with > differnet contrast filters. But I would have used up > a few sheets of paper > in the process! > > Hope that helps. > ===== Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA rgacpa@pacbell.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html