Since everyone has been posting these fantastic winter shots, but I haven't been up to the mountains yet this winter,... I thought I'd post a composition for a trip to the valley from last summer. Hopefully I got the scanning right on this one. I had hoped for a little more shadow detail. All comments welcome. Best Regards
Chamonix 4x5
Nikon 150mm
Velvia 50
Posted by Harley Goldman on January 15, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Michael,
The scan is looking FAR better!! Looks like you have it dialed in. Nice composition of a pretty meadow scene. I am on a lousy work monitor, but it looks a little soft to me. Maybe a little more sharpening? Shadow detail is a tough one with chrome, especially Velvia. It is the least forgiving film out there. The shadows in this one don't overwhelm me and look just fine.
Michael, as Harley has mentioned, this scan is much better then some of your previous ones, and to me it is very close to a finished product overall. I think the shadow detail is very good, again as Harley has already mentioned. What I might try to adjust slightly is the highlights through TK's masks. From what I see on my monitor at least are some areas I think the masks might be of help. Again, this is not very far off, so small adjustments are the key at this point in time. Looks very good overall here, Michael.
Posted by Steve Sieren on January 16, 2009 at 3:15 AM
Aughhh, It's got a warm and fresh feel. I look forward to the 6 month wait for this.
Posted by Dan Baumbach on January 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM
The shadows and color look fine and the foreground is nice and sharp. However the background looks a little soft to me.
Nice image, however.
- Dan.
Posted by Lon Overacker on January 17, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Michael,
A very nice pastoral meadow image from Yosemite. I think the colors, contrast and general processing looks good. The main issue I see is just simple jpg compression. Not sure if you're using Marc's sharpening technique, but you should be able to avoid so much loss and still keep it under 200kb. Otherwise, I think this looks really good.
Discussion
5 repliesChamonix 4x5
Nikon 150mm
Velvia 50
The scan is looking FAR better!! Looks like you have it dialed in. Nice composition of a pretty meadow scene. I am on a lousy work monitor, but it looks a little soft to me. Maybe a little more sharpening? Shadow detail is a tough one with chrome, especially Velvia. It is the least forgiving film out there. The shadows in this one don't overwhelm me and look just fine.
Nice image, however.
- Dan.
A very nice pastoral meadow image from Yosemite. I think the colors, contrast and general processing looks good. The main issue I see is just simple jpg compression. Not sure if you're using Marc's sharpening technique, but you should be able to avoid so much loss and still keep it under 200kb. Otherwise, I think this looks really good.
Lon