Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, since my old glasses were useless after the first eye was done, I picked up a pair of 2-diopter drugstore reading glasses to help at the computer.? I still use them at times instead of my new bifocals, because, with them, I don't have to tilt my head back. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/6/2017 4:26 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > Yes, I was having the blooming lights problem and can already see a > difference in my left eye. Car headlights are small and distinct instead > of a huge bloom of light. Less contrast with the cataracts, yes. And an > overall yellow cast. All of that seems to be much better in my left eye > with the new lens. Distance vision is much better - I can see the leaves > on the trees! I'm supposed to wait several months for the eye to settle > down before deciding whether I need glasses or not but I can already see a > big difference. Next step will be to re- calibrate my monitor. > > Tina > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Points of light seemed to bloom, and I saw >> With less contrast. Maybe mine hadn't progressed but I don't recall >> any >> issues regarding color balance, and if I had, wouldn't it be an overall >> cast instead of a change in the mix? >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Sonny Carter >> http://www.SonC.com/look >> >> >> On Sep 6, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Everything I've read in my research says that cataracts give a yellow >> or brown tint to everything and a reduced ability to perceive colors and >> when they are removed, color perception returns to normal. >>> For example: >>> http://www.visionaware.org/info/your-eye-condition/ >> cataracts/vision-changes-related-to-cataracts/125 >>> Tina >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't think cataract surgery changes you perception of color balance. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> Sonny Carter >>>> http://www.SonC.com/look >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 1:54 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Supposedly cataracts give everything a yellow cast so would it make >> sense for me to adjust everything in the direction of cyan/blue?? It will >> be interesting to see the difference when my eyes heal! >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Tina >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 2:42 PM, George Lottermoser < >> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 6:19 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at >>>>>>> uwmalumni.com> >> wrote: >>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PESO: >>>>>>>> The actual title is Trains and Boats and Clotheslines and it's >> another one >>>>>>>> that would make a good jig saw puzzle. >>>>>>>> My question is about the Kodachrome corners. All of my KC slides >> have >>>>>>>> rounded black corners from the old KC cardboard mounts. I usually >> clone >>>>>>>> those corners out but then I wondered why. They are there and >> maybe part >>>>>>>> of the photo. >>>>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/166121788 <http://www.pbase.com/image/ >> 166121788> >>>>>>>> Tina >>>>>>> ============================================================ >> ============================================================ >>>>>>> I'd clone the corners to be square. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But I don't see that as the main problem here. (To me, the image >> looks >>>>>>> terribly washed-out and it seems everything is either orange or >> green. >>>>>>> Even the shadows are green. Images from other posters (for instance >>>>>>> Nathan's) don't have these characteristics. >>>>>> I see over exposure and the heavy CYAN/BLUE cast as main issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> As far as the corners: >>>>>> I?d either clone them out >>>>>> or >>>>>> complete the border in such a way >>>>>> as to indicate ?slide? scan >>>>>> >>>>>> fond regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> George >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/imagist >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >