Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:10 AM 3/2/2005, Paul Hardy Carter wrote: >Excellent pictures Phil. Very good. Were you in Vietnam as a journo? No. An army dentist (really). But I liked to play PJ in my free time. >As you say, some of the pictures have scanned really extraordinarily >well - I wish I knew your secret! To be honest, this was my first time scanning film. I used an Epson 3170 with the Epson software. Eyeball curves for each neg before scanning in 24-bit color at 1200 spi. Set scanner USM to "high". Scan. Save to TIFF. Adjust curves, etc. in PS and remove dust and scratches with noise filter (working in small areas). USM twice in PS: once at 15,40,2 to boost local contrast and then again at 75, 0.5, 2 to sharpen grain. Then before posting, downsize using Picasa in batch mode to 800pxls and default compression (85%, whatever that means). Also, a lot of these were shot with a 50mm DR Summicron. Could that explain it? ;-) >I think I recognise the shot of the man leaning on his rickshaw having >a cigarette from somewhere - was it used? If you see it again, let me know. Somebody would owe me some money ;-). Actually, it was published in 1968 in "The Delta Review," a southern art and lifestyle magazine that went belly-up many years ago. "Delta" as in Mississippi delta. Just for a bit of historical interest, I didn't have a darkroom at the time, so Bill (aka William) Eggleston let me use his darkroom to make the prints for the mag essay. Back then he was just starting to use color and still had a full BW darkroom at his house. Alas, he later became famous. I never did ;-). Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085 714-908-7846 (fax) pswango@att.net