Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:28 AM 2/3/2005, I wrote: >In my memory this mosque is very blue, but I suspect that the second photo is closer to the true color. I have other photos of this mosque >that I'll scan later. I think it looks blue in those, but my memory may be playing tricks on me. I scanned a Kodachrome that shows the mosque and more. The first one is a straight scan with no color adjustments. You can see that it has just rained and there is a very blue cast to the sky and everything: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/39349039 This is after using the PhotoKit Gray Balance: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/39349055 The blue one does look more like I remember Baghdad looking after a rain but it's not very realistic, more impressionistic! This is downtown Baghdad with the 28 April Shopping Center named for Saddam Hussein's birthdate and the Information Ministry behind it that was destroyed by bombing. I think the mosque was not damaged. The Gray Balance software is great for correcting memories ;-) Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com