[Leica] two kids

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Steve:  You have some fantastic pictures from Navaholand, but I  
> think your lab is serving you ill here.

I believe you are correct Peter...I am not entirely sure what they  
did but...I am looking into it now...


your input is very much appreciated...

I wonder if you or others have more insight to help correct this  
problem ?

many thanks, Steve


> It looks like they scanned at excessively high contrast, and with  
> sharpening not only turned on, but way up.  The good news is that  
> the images on film are probably OK.
>
> You might want to take your best negs (or are they slides?) to  
> another lab and have them done better.  I always tell the lab to  
> "preserve highlight detail, don't jack up the contrast, and keep  
> sharpening low or off."  (the latter depending on who is running  
> the machine).  In other words, scan like VueScan, not like for  
> typical consumer prints.  Then I fix 'em up in my image editor.
>
> What kind of film did you use?
>
> --Peter
>
> At 08:40 PM 6/17/2007 -0700, Hoppy wrote:
>> Steve, cute kids, more than nice light and colour.
>> I really like the "lines" shot. Marvellous scenic.
>>
>> Sorry for a brief tech diversion;
>> Something's going on here regarding film/scanning/sharpening/post- 
>> processing.
>> A grain effect across these just seems more prominent than I would  
>> expect.
>> I don't see it at all in close examination of your "Old Navajo" in  
>> BW.
>
> Steve posted:
>> ...on the Navajo reservation, Canyon de Chelly...
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/chelly/two+kids.jpg.html
>
>
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