Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/09

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From a Roll of BW400CN
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:19:50 -0500

The highlights still look greyed down and flat. I tried to adjust it in
photoshop and it fell apart tonally. If I had the original scan (which
MUST be done in 16bit, an 8bit image WILL fall apart when you apply the
strong curves this film needs!) I might make it look perfect. Part of this
might be how you have your screen calibrated. Mine is one of the
self-calibrating NEC Spectraviews and it matches prints (both from my
inkjet and from graphic design work I send to commercial printers for
clients) very close but a lot of people tell me my images look too
contrasty on their screens.

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On 3/9/12 5:40 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

>Chris,
>
>I reworked it.  See if I made any progress.
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shoe+Shopping.jpg.html
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
>To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 4:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From a Roll of BW400CN
>
>
>> This film tends to scan in flat, so you need to boost contrast with
>>curves
>> in Photoshop. The ones you posted are close, but need a bit more
>>contrast,
>> especially the shoe shopping photo. Once you get the contrast dialed in,
>> this is a beautiful film.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>>
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>>
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
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>>
>>
>> On 3/9/12 5:05 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks, Gary.  I will keep working with the scans, and try to settle on
>>>a
>>>workflow.
>>>
>>>Jim Nichols
>>>Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkcp at msn.com>
>>>To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 3:59 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From a Roll of BW400CN
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good shots Jim.
>>>> I like that film, it's pretty sharp, as evidenced by both of these.
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>> From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
>>>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>>>>> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:46:44 -0600
>>>>> CC: olympus at thomasclausen.net
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: From a Roll of BW400CN
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking to get back into B&W, I shot a roll of Kodak BW400CN in the
>>>>> Bessa.  Processing and scanning were done by a local lab.  I am still
>>>>> working on the proper post-processing, but it looks promising.
>>>>>
>>>>> View Through the Window
>>>>>
>>>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/View+Through+the+Window.jpg.h
>>>>>tm
>>>>>l
>>>>>
>>>>> Shoe Shopping
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shoe+Shopping.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>
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