Re: [OM] IMG: Sunset, II

[Chuck Norcutt]

No, it's time to leave the grain behind.  It's an artifact of old 
technology and not representative of the real world.
Chuck Norcutt


On 5/2/2014 6:08 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > I understood it to be film.  But I thought the grain was so excessive as to
> > ruin the image.
> Um, no. I understand what you are saying, but I find that the grain,
> in this case, adds a certain classical look to the image which is
> artistically stimulating. Otherwise, it would be just another
> run-of-the-mill sunset shot that everybody and their dog gets.
>
> The grain accentuation is an artifact of the K64 scanning on a Nikon
> 4000dpi scanner. Kodachrome is essentially a B&W film with dyes added.
> Add to this is the fact that any processing (as Joel so eloquently
> stated) will usually make the grain more aggressive, not less. This is
> especially true when you do tonal mapping.
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