dave lackey
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Very nice, Mark, 
Looking forward to seeing a lot more!!!!
Looking forward to seeing a lot more!!!!
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
Taken in 1975 with my black Nikon F plain prism (which I bought in 1968, but I already had a Nikkorex F since the early sixties) with a Nikkor H 50/2.
The slide has been photographed with this rather standard set-up and is posted as it came from the Sony without any retouch whatsoever.
Scanning with a camera is handy and relatively fast, but not entirely trivial. Here we see an example of an error, since the frame is not exploited entirely. I corrected that later on.
Regarding Kodachrome I regret very much that years later I followed the advice of an article on Pop Photo (by Keppler maybe), which suggested that one would be better off scanning negatives.
Granted they could not imagine at that time scanning with a camera, but I wish I never read that article, both because I like Kodachrome better, and because I anticipate more hassle scanning color negatives (meanwhile prepare myself following the threads on this topic).
The slide has been photographed with this rather standard set-up and is posted as it came from the Sony without any retouch whatsoever.
Scanning with a camera is handy and relatively fast, but not entirely trivial. Here we see an example of an error, since the frame is not exploited entirely. I corrected that later on.
Regarding Kodachrome I regret very much that years later I followed the advice of an article on Pop Photo (by Keppler maybe), which suggested that one would be better off scanning negatives.
Granted they could not imagine at that time scanning with a camera, but I wish I never read that article, both because I like Kodachrome better, and because I anticipate more hassle scanning color negatives (meanwhile prepare myself following the threads on this topic).
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PaulDalex
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I forgot to say that it is of course a landscape of Boston, taken from behind the window of a high rise
dmr
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Hopefully I have not posted this in this thread yet. Sorry if a repost ...
The Robert Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, between Omaha and Council Bluffs ...
The Robert Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, between Omaha and Council Bluffs ...
CharlesDAMorgan
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Those blues!
I discovered some of my first photos taken in my teens with my Zenit with Helios 44 58mm. My father arranged for me to go out with the Captain of Devonport Dockyard in his launch to accompany in numerous ships for the Navy Days of July 1981. I was blown away again by the blues particularly.
RFA Stromness under tow in Plymouth Sound, 1981
HMS Antrim passing Plymouth Hoe
I discovered some of my first photos taken in my teens with my Zenit with Helios 44 58mm. My father arranged for me to go out with the Captain of Devonport Dockyard in his launch to accompany in numerous ships for the Navy Days of July 1981. I was blown away again by the blues particularly.
RFA Stromness under tow in Plymouth Sound, 1981
HMS Antrim passing Plymouth Hoe
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
dmr
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Kodachrome HDR - Yes, you read that correctly ...
Kodachrome HDR - Yes, you read that correctly ...
I think I posted one from this series here before, as I've been working on it for a number of years off and on now.
Before Kodachrome vanished to that great K-Lab machine in the sky, I had an idea of trying HDR with it, and shot a number of bracketed slides of a "cliche'" scene in downtown Omaha, using a tripod and using care to keep everything in position as I changed exposure. These were all done using a GIII and a bulb release.
The one immediately below is probably the best one I've gotten so far, but I'm not satisfied with it and found the process both rewarding and frustrating!
I also admit that it really doesn't look very HDR-ish, which is a good or a bad thing, depending on if you like HDR or not in general.
I'm gonna go as far as to call this an almost-HDR, since the "tonemapping" was done manually with layer masks in Gimp, to subordinate the light portions of the light image and the dark portions of the dark image and such.
Here are the three originals used for the above shot. You will see that yes, the final one above does have the detail of the backlit evening clouds from he darkest of the three, and some of the preserved detail under the trees from the lightest of the three.
Now you might be thinking along the line of why don't I use one of the HDR programs such as Luminance-HDR or something? Well, I've tried it.
I've had great luck using Luminance-HDR on bracketed shots from the {d-word} cameras, but for this project here the results have been between ugly and very ugly!
The following is one of the "better" ones using the three images above on Luminance-HDR.
Notice the artifacts in the detail of the clouds!
Here's a close-up of that, from another attempt.
I have NO CLUE what causes it! I've tried every option, every profile, every tone map type, even a test where I tweaked the exposure difference of the three to 0.1 f stops and it STILL produces that dirt in the sky!
AAAAARRRRRGH!
Anyway, I'll probably go back to the project as soon as I have more ideas of what to try.
Kodachrome HDR - Yes, you read that correctly ...
I think I posted one from this series here before, as I've been working on it for a number of years off and on now.
Before Kodachrome vanished to that great K-Lab machine in the sky, I had an idea of trying HDR with it, and shot a number of bracketed slides of a "cliche'" scene in downtown Omaha, using a tripod and using care to keep everything in position as I changed exposure. These were all done using a GIII and a bulb release.
The one immediately below is probably the best one I've gotten so far, but I'm not satisfied with it and found the process both rewarding and frustrating!
I also admit that it really doesn't look very HDR-ish, which is a good or a bad thing, depending on if you like HDR or not in general.
I'm gonna go as far as to call this an almost-HDR, since the "tonemapping" was done manually with layer masks in Gimp, to subordinate the light portions of the light image and the dark portions of the dark image and such.
Here are the three originals used for the above shot. You will see that yes, the final one above does have the detail of the backlit evening clouds from he darkest of the three, and some of the preserved detail under the trees from the lightest of the three.
Now you might be thinking along the line of why don't I use one of the HDR programs such as Luminance-HDR or something? Well, I've tried it.
I've had great luck using Luminance-HDR on bracketed shots from the {d-word} cameras, but for this project here the results have been between ugly and very ugly!
The following is one of the "better" ones using the three images above on Luminance-HDR.
Notice the artifacts in the detail of the clouds!
Here's a close-up of that, from another attempt.
I have NO CLUE what causes it! I've tried every option, every profile, every tone map type, even a test where I tweaked the exposure difference of the three to 0.1 f stops and it STILL produces that dirt in the sky!
AAAAARRRRRGH!
Anyway, I'll probably go back to the project as soon as I have more ideas of what to try.
CMur12
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Neat idea, dmr! I like how it came out, successfully extending the dynamic range of the film while still looking "normal" (not obviously manipulated).
I sometimes like the HDR effect, also, but it's good to see the technique in a photo with a natural look.
- Murray
I sometimes like the HDR effect, also, but it's good to see the technique in a photo with a natural look.
- Murray
Larry Cloetta
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A couple of days ago I began scanning another box of slide trays my father had left behind, some images I had never seen before. Shame about the focus on the Kodachrome below, but it was 1946 and I have no idea what camera he was using at the time, though doubt it was very spendy and ASA 10 probably didn't help with motion blur. Am posting only because I continue to be impressed by the color of these. This slide is 73 years old, and stored indiscriminately. The Agfachrome and Ektachrome ones from the mid Fifties in the same box were completely gone, color wise.
Larry Cloetta
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Kodachrome 1961
dave lackey
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Time to revive this wonderful thread!
Any more images to share?
Any more images to share?
dave lackey
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Here is an interesting article regarding World War II images by Alfred Palmer:
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/
dave lackey
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elmarman
Bail out the Brits too !
Here are a few I found taken on my LEICA M6 in Barcelona --- it was 'KX 64 ASA
Barcelona 17 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Barcelona 19 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Barcelona 7 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Barcelona 18 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Barcelona 15 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Barcelona 17 by Peter Elgar, on FlickrBarcelona 19 by Peter Elgar, on FlickrBarcelona 7 by Peter Elgar, on FlickrBarcelona 18 by Peter Elgar, on FlickrBarcelona 15 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
madNbad
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Decided to drag out some old boxes of slides and try out camera scanning. The Skier Copybox has an excellent holder for mounted slides. Using Raw Power for post proccesing with little manipulation but not quite enough to get the bluish cast out of the log. This was only my second attempt at scanning slides, it'll get better:
Rusty 1987
Rusty 1987
DwF
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dave lackey
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Time to dream a little... the past several months of this year have me wanting to do something cool, unique and plain fun. So it is with the excitement of a kid at Christmas, I am beginning to work on a road trip for Spring 2021.
I came across this link for inspiration with all the Kodachrome images.
https://flashbak.com/1950s-american-vacations-in-kodachrome-173167/
How about some more images from RFF members too?
I came across this link for inspiration with all the Kodachrome images.
https://flashbak.com/1950s-american-vacations-in-kodachrome-173167/
How about some more images from RFF members too?
Rangefinder 35
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Baxter State Park, Maine. 1985
Kodachrome 25, Nikon FE2, 180/2.8 ED Nikkor.
dave lackey
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Beautiful Fall foliage! Thanks for posting.
Somewhere in this thread, Larry stated that images and some people just looked better back then. This image in Maine does the same for me.
It is also a great way to refresh the memory... and enjoy the present, relaxing and looking over all the posts above and searching for more. Great therapy for me!
Somewhere in this thread, Larry stated that images and some people just looked better back then. This image in Maine does the same for me.
It is also a great way to refresh the memory... and enjoy the present, relaxing and looking over all the posts above and searching for more. Great therapy for me!
Shac
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Leica R4S-2 + Telyt 400/6.3 on K64 (somehow the blue of the sky was changed in uploading)
