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Re: [OM] Stonewall - Colorado Velvia Pictures

Subject: Re: [OM] Stonewall - Colorado Velvia Pictures
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:43:26 +1000
Nice shack, but needs a little work in the pre-processing !

...Wayne


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> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Ken Norton
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> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Stonewall - Colorado Velvia Pictures
> 
> http://zone-10.com/d1/node/343
> 
> Stonewall. An old mining building south of St. Elmo, Colorado, along the
4wd
> road to Hancock Lake. Olympus OM-4T with OM Lenses 24/2.8 and 50/3.5.
> Fujichrome Velvia. From 2009.
> 
> Images are scanned using the Nikon Coolscan V-ED and Vuescan.
> Processed in Lightroom. Details to follow...
> 
> The images are a touch grainy, which is not uncommon for single-pass
Velvia
> scans on the Nikon. Any images destined for high-quality prints will be
> subject to a 5 or 6-pass scanning process. The more passes, the lower the
> grain. One pass is sharpest, three is least sharp, 5 or
> 6 passes is sharp again as the sample variability is averaged out.
> 
> Viewscan is configured for "image", tiff output, manual color, (1,1,1) and
0%
> white, 0% black. Medium dust removal. No cropping--include the mount. No
> skew correction and absolutely no anti-aliasing.
> 
> As a starting point in Lightroom, these are my initial adjustments that I
can
> use to correct for the digitization process and give me a baseline to work
> from - otherwise, it's always a tail-chasing exercise as each image is a
solo
> expedition:
> 
> Highlights: -100
> Shadows: +100
> Whites: +65 (or so, this is just a starting point)
> Blacks: -5 (or so, this is just a starting point)
> Texture: +10
> Clarity: +10
> Dehaze: +10
> Vibrance: +10
> Sharpening: +50
> Luminance Noise Reduction: +15
> Color Noise Reduction: +100
> Remove Chromatic Aberration: Checked
> 
> Provia is similar.
> 
> Again, this is just a starting point. This is also based on how I happen
to
> expose my images. But what I have found is that there is a HUGE amount of
> information hidden in the shoulder and toe that is missing in the initial
scan
> and may not even be apparent on the light table.
> 
> There will be a LOT of adjustment to this as i go back to revisit the
library with
> the settings and see where my default start point should be.
> 
> Also note that I'm not at all happy with the graininess of the images in
this
> process. The tradeoff is low-noise (grain) and flat, or high-noise (grain)
and
> colorful and "current" image styles. Sharpening can be increased a lot
past
> this point if the mask is adjusted to just clear the threshold of the
grain.
> 
> AG Schnozz
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