Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:30 PM 5/3/2009, you wrote: >can you give us little more detail on your scan procedure > >it really works wonderfully on this photo > >beautiful image > >ric Thanks, Ric. I'm using Silverfast software and scanning with a Nikon LS5000. The software will do multiple scans but you can also do scans yourself at different exposures. Just like bracketing with the camera. Two stops under, normal, and two stops over seems to be enough. You can use a plug-in for Lightroom that will export those different exposures directly to Photomatix and then use their tone-mapping feature. What you end up with before Photomatix is an exposure that has too many levels to be seen by anything that we have today - monitors, prints, etc. So the tone-mapping software will turn your High Dynamic Range photo back into a Low Dynamic Range photo whose tones can be seen by your monitor, etc., but will include the very best exposures for highlights and shadows. You can end up with something that looks like a cartoon if you go to extremes, but if you are conservative with the sliders, you can just end up with a photo that looks like you might have spent hours in the darkroom, dodging and burning. I'm still learning. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com