Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] not PAW, but more like PAY :)
From: ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Sun Dec 18 19:12:34 2005
References: <200512190230.COQ88409@ms13.netsolmail.com> <9b678e0512181852l4d880673o5c76118027fb07ac@mail.gmail.com>

The shadow on the left side depends much on the calibration of the 
monitor or the printer.  It turns out that on my monitor, it's pretty 
dark on my monitor / printer, that brings out the drama, as you 
proposed.

I probably need to calibrate my monitor, anyway...

On Dec 18, 2005, at 6:52 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Ken,
> Welcome back to the saloon.  My taste on the posted image is that a 
> little
> looser or a lot more darkness on the left would make it a stronger 
> image,
> but, what the hey; it is your image and if the portrait works for you 
> then
> wonderful.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gamil.com
>
>
>
> On 12/18/05, Ken Iisaka <ken@iisaka.org> wrote:
>>
>> After a hiatus of several years, I re-subscribed to LUG.
>>
>> After moving to the current house in 2001, I had not had a
>> dark room which was essential to my process, and as a
>> result, my photographic activities and productivity have
>> really slowed down.
>>
>> I recently acquired an inkjet printer which I finally deemed
>> adequate (ie not horrible) for many purposes, and started
>> digitalizing my printing process.  The latest addition is
>> the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 scanner with a strip film
>> adapter that allows me to scan an entire length of film in
>> one batch.
>>
>> I'm still fine tuning the process, calibrating the monitors
>> and creating custom profiles and such, but here's one to
>> share with you.
>>
>> It is scanned from a Fujichrome Provia F transparency, but
>> with little processing except for converting into BW.  I am
>> not too certain of the lens used, but I suspect it was
>> Summilux 75mm, as that's the only lens that I have that can
>> fill a frame with a face.
>>
>> http://kiisaka.homelinux.net/Katie.jpg
>>
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In reply to: Message from ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka) ([Leica] not PAW, but more like PAY :))
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] not PAW, but more like PAY :))