Well, maybe it's not crappy scanning. Looks to me like "expose to the
right". Just exactly what a Moose needs to make final corrections. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Ken Norton wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> This photo project was to load one roll of Fuji Superia 100 color print film
>> in the OM-3Tiwith a 50mm lens and restrict myself to one hour in downtown
>> Grinnell, Iowa. The roll is being presented in its entirety, warts and all.
>> No editing, cropping or parsing the outtakes. Images are presented in the
>> order they were taken.
>>
>
> Nice idea for a project. Unless, of course, one looks at the results and
> says "Sheesh, this is crap! I've no photographic imagination anymore, if
> I ever had any. I'm packing it in." Those sort of thoughts occur to me
> on occasion when I see the results of an outing. :-)
>
> From the looks of the results, Grinnell was a tough challenge to set
> yourself. Given the lens chosen, I think I'd have made fewer "here's a
> shot down an empty street" shots and several close-up/macros. I can see
> where you might think that would be a cop out, though.
>
> Is there a reason most of the shots of people on the street have their
> backs to you? ;-) I guess the kid didn't get the memo?
>
> One thing puzzles me, though. C.H. put it very well.
>
>> ... All the scans are very high-keyed with blowout highlight details, a bit
>> hard to view. This is the problem for one hour labs as their scans are
>> optimised for their printing machine.
>>
>
> I can see clearly the rationale for all the other "warts and all"
> factors, but why put the images at the mercy of crappy scanning? I have
> no idea about your reason(s), but from out here, it's very off-putting.
> I really had to force myself to look more carefully at the subjects and
> compositions. Some are literally hard to look at, and invite being
> rapidly scanned past.
>
> Even the relatively mundane look better with some correction.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/AG/Grinnell/Grinnell4.htm>
>
> And it's a lot easier to enjoy the wonderful aspects of a nice people
> snap if the background isn't screaming.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/AG/Grinnell/Grinnell1.htm>
>
> Whatever editor you use, isn't it possible to batch process the whole
> lot of them to bring the tonality into some sort of order?
>
> I particularly liked "Self-portrait in the window of an antique store."
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/AG/Grinnell/Grinnell21.htm>
>
> It reminded me of when I had the same idea.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Brooklyn/People/All%20People/slides/_MG_3401cr.html>
>
> Moose
>
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