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Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by dragonstar01

dragonstar01 — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:21 +0000

Such wonderful textures and shapes, and the light is beautiful!

Comment on How to Scan B&W Negatives: VueScan (Intro) by hopeapaju

hopeapaju — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:04:52 +0000

One more thing about the coarse grains I got. As with the 4800 dpi output resolution, I would expect the scan stand at least in the range of some digital image shot with a 18+ MP camera. But that does not seem to be the case when I compare it to my other digital images.

Comment on How to Scan B&W Negatives: VueScan (Intro) by hopeapaju

hopeapaju — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:58:11 +0000

I will try out the different DCI settings later on.

The Plus-X was taken and developed years back. I dont remember Plus-X would have such coarse grains, even though I might have developed it with Rodinal, that is why I started to wonder.

The output resolution was maximum at 4800 dpi. I hope I did not forget or misunderstand any scanning basics, though. Or could it also be I have been a bit too spoilt by digital photography and done too much pixel-peeping in Lightroom …

Comment on How to Scan B&W Negatives: VueScan (Intro) by awarewriter

awarewriter — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:25 +0000

I don’t think the choice of film type affects the graininess of the scan. I use either Tmax-100 or Tmax-400. Play with the Developer Contrast Index while you have Graph b/w up on your screen. Different DCI settings will yield different histograms. Just find the best histogram for your neg and use that. Works like a charm.

Grain? I haven’t used Plus-X in many years. You might try experimenting with different scan resolutions.

Comment on How to Scan B&W Negatives: VueScan (Intro) by hopeapaju

hopeapaju — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:18:59 +0000

From your experience, in Vuescan how much do the “B/W Vendor” and “B/W Brand” affect the graininess of the scan result?
I was trying to scan some negatives, Kodak Plus-X 125, but could not find that in the list. I tried once with “Generic” and once with “TMAX 400 Professional”. Both scan results seem rather a little bit too grainy.

Can the “Type = D76 CI” value be used to control to level of grain?

Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by Valentine Logar

Valentine Logar — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:43:25 +0000

Motivation is sometimes very difficult, I think though the call of outdoors and more wonderful shots like this might do it.

Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by Wayne Woodruff

Wayne Woodruff — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:00:21 +0000

Slow and steady!

Great textures in the bark and I like the roots reaching out.

Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by Red

Red — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:52:41 +0000

And Happy Father’s Day.

Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by Red

Red — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:25:59 +0000

I looks like the tree is raising its eyebrow at you. Glad to hear the outside is calling to you. Motivation to move oneself in a direction beyond the couch. Great shot, John.

Comment on Lovely Light, Shadow, Forms & Textures by Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:59:53 +0000

You’re right. The shadows really make the photo interesting.

And keep on swinging! LOL