Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information