}{B Posted July 9, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 9, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) [ATTACH]210824[/ATTACH] Leica M3 & 50mm Elmar - Ilford XP2 Super & Yellow/Green filter I had the negatives scanned at the same time as the film was developed. The quality of the scan is just about acceptable but then again it only cost me £2. I processed the scan in Adobe Lightroom which has the facility to increase the amount of contrast in the mid tones to enhance the sharpness of the photo. I've found the 50mm Elmar to be very sharp and clinical in its rendition and in this case I took the clarity slider into negative territory to reduce sharpness. I think it gives the shot a slightly fuzzy look which isn't too detrimental but then again it may not be to everyones taste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pauledell Posted July 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2010 Howard, This has great composition, sharpness. It gives a nice atmospherical feeling as it is. But I feel it is far too flat and needs more contrast and some darkening. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaibleu Posted July 10, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 10, 2010 The scene is to me so reminiscent of 18th/19th century paintings as they appeared in textbooks of yore that I could not resist to crop it a bit as I imagine a painter like Turner might have seen it. Hope that you are not offended! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 10, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2010 Howard - A lovely composition, but as Paul indicates it seems to flat and low in contrast. I did a quick and dirty interative increase in shadow and highlight sliders to get this: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 10, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2010 Whoever did the processing of the film has left water marks all over the top edge of the negative, by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
}{B Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted July 10, 2010 Thanks for all your comments they are much appreciated. The processing and scan was done by Boots on their one hour service. I imported the scan into Lightroom to work on it and as my scanner is away for repair I couldn't get a better scan. I agree about the general flatness of the image and did wonder about posting it in its present form. When I get my scanner back I'll rework it as suggested. Thanks again for all your suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
}{B Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted July 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) [ATTACH]210938[/ATTACH] Taken shortly after the first shot. I've not used the same Lightroom adjustments with this. Any improvement on the first shot? The processing marks show up clearly on this one. When I'm able to produce a better scan I'll try and clone them out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
storybrown Posted July 10, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 10, 2010 I really like your first shot; timeless & also Turneresque, as geaibleu noted . . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
}{B Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted July 10, 2010 I really like your first shot; timeless & also Turneresque, as geaibleu noted . . . Thanks I like the look of it to but I was interested to know what others thought which is why I posted it even though the original scan was wasn't of a very high quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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