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Re: [OM] IMG: Young Mam Boy

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Young Mam Boy
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:39:48 +0100
May I concur

I tried to adjust it in LR last night (here) and managed to get rid of  
the plasticine rendition to the detriment of the blue and green  
colours accuracy - but of course starting from a tiff or raw would  
ease the task no end.

Amitiés
Ph

Le 7 nov. 12 à 20:04, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :

> A big improvement over the previous "Kids in caps" but still
> oversaturated and, I think, still a bit too much contrast.  Note in
> particular:  This appears to be soft, moderately bright daylight but
> soft enough that it is not casting any strong shadows.  Now look at  
> the
> boy's hand at right.  Half of the skin tones have gone to black or
> nearly so.  That just shouldn't be the case in this light.
>
> Can you show us an original scan with no adjustments?  Maybe the  
> scanner
> is set to produce too much contrast to begin with.  If a scan is too
> dark or contrasty it can be difficult to recover what should be there.
> A good scan will, if anything, be (like an expose to the right digital
> image) a bit too bright but not have any blown highlights.  One can  
> back
> the brightness down and increase contrast... but it's much more
> difficult to make significant corrections in the opposite direction.
>
> Finally, you should be working in 16 bits during adjustments.  8  
> bits is
> enough to cover the dynamic range of a printed image but does not
> contain enough tonal detail to maintain tonal separation during major
> brightness/contrast editing.  You can go back to 8 bits when the  
> editing
> is done.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/6/2012 2:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> PESO:
>>
>> We drove 30 minutes, waited in line 45 minutes and drove back home 30
>> minutes this morning but we voted!!!  Hope you did.
>>
>> Now I'm processing more scans.  Clarity seems to make a big  
>> difference and
>> I'm backing off more on these Kodachrome, contrasty scans.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/image/147189757
>>
>> C&C greatly appreciated.  I couldn't do this without all of the  
>> help and
>> advice I receive here!
>>
>> Tina
>>
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