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Subject: [Leica] Wayback Photos: Composite Print For Research Publication
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:20:48 -0500
References: <CADjf=X+UzyBJ2MRQ0_i1q+vJTW6_a7wtCtrpeLrSmaCF=HhERA@mail.gmail.com>

tough piece of work, well done

ric


> On Jan 25, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Since I'm stuck at home, I've been going through my archive of favorite old
> pictures.  This pair highlights what it took to do something with film that
> is easier now with digital photography.  Researchers came to our lab in
> 1982 with 14 4x5 Polaroid negatives shot through a microscope of a mouse's
> tongue.  They
> had put together a composite print from the positives, but the densities
> were all over the place, and it wouldn't be good enough for publication, so
> they
> wanted a better version made.  I did it using RC paper and our Kodak
> RoyalPrint processor.  I had to start at the bottom, and then work my way
> up the tongue negatives, matching the overlapping edges as much as
> possible.  The RC paper allowed me to check he matches right away and make
> any adjustments.
> It took two work days to finish.
> 
> The researcher's version: <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1A.jpg.html
>> 
> Mine: <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19820826_Tongue_Comp_1B.jpg.html
>> 
> -- 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amagayneroshak at gmail.com
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
> 
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
> 
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