Guys,
I finally downloaded Silverfast's HDR processing software and tried using
that to process the same scan:
http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/144041637
Is that better?
Tina
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Color negatives scan fine:
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143476719
>
> Ah! Fuji Press 800 is one of God's gifts to photographers. It's the
> Tri-X of the color film world.
>
>
> > And Astia, too: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143565322
>
> This one looks a little harsh to me too. The skin tones stayed neutral
> (as I'd expect from Astia, whereas Velvia would have turned her into
> the Great Pumpkin), but the contrast is too harsh. I have this desire
> to dig into those shadows and lift them up a full stop.
>
> The Fuji Press 800 picture is very close to what I really would like
> to see from the slide scans. It's a touch flat, but far more
> publishable. The slide scans, on the other hand, would be terribly
> hard to work with in offset printing. Dot gain will completely block
> these images up.
>
> I'm about a hundred miles away from my file cabinet with all my slides
> at the moment. Won't be able to do any test scanning until the
> weekend. But I will experiment with some Kodachromes to see if I can
> recreate the look which you have in your scans. If I can duplicate the
> look, then i can figure out how to correct it.
>
> I know Moose is chomping at the bit to Moosify your pictures, but I
> don't think we're really any where near that point yet. We've got an
> underlying issue to figure out first.
>
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