Moose wrote:
> Russ Butler wrote:
>> Here are a few NE US shots from the Summer and Fall.
>>
> Some beautiful shots there!
Thank you.
>
> The desirability of taming the highlights has already been mentioned,
> and I posted an alternate version of one
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/RussButler/03W.htm>
>
> Having looked through the rest, PS or another powerful image editor can
> do a lot for many of them, but I wonder if you aren't getting what you
> pay for with the Costco scans - not too much. It looks to me like scans
> with better tonal control would go a long ways toward giving better images.
Yes, I've been thinking about getting a good scanner and rolling my own.
And of course I do (still) need to get my software act together. But the
desire for simplicity has kept me in limbo. This is an enjoyable hobby
that I'm just getting back into. (I needed another hobby like a hole in
the head but so it goes.)
>
> It's hard with these kind of images to really fix them up without
> getting halos around some elements. There are some very modest ones on
> the black wire fencing on the foot bridge image I did. It's really
> better to get the tonal distribution pretty close in the scanning process.
>
> Still, I couldn't resist playing with another one, with no wires in it
> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/RussButler/18W.htm>.
>
And SO much better and much closer to the way we saw it.
I always appreciate the time you spend "Mooseing" my and others' shots.
I learn a lot from it.
Thanks,
--
Russ Butler (NJ USA)
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