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Re: [OM] IMG: Faviana and Reymundo

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Faviana and Reymundo
From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:17:36 -0400
You are right, Moose.   One of the problems is the intense light in Central
America.  That's one reason I like black and white!  ;-)

Thanks,

Tina

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 6/13/2012 1:26 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > PESO:
> >
> > I'm now scanning Kodachromes from Guatemala.  While most of my Honduras
> > photos are B&W, most of my Guatemala photos are color.  Color seems to
> be a
> > part of the people of Guatemala and to remove the color is to remove some
> > of their personality.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/144026343
>
> Nice subject/composition.
>
> Lots of words under the bridge about color, etc., especially great detail
> from AG's experience.
>
> I have a much simpler proposal. It looks like this was shot in bright sun
> in the tropics. If so, the image looks quite
> underexposed for the subject.
>
> I don't propose this as a finished product, as several of AG's comments
> still apply. Still, the overall look seem to me
> more like what was probably in front of the camera. Shadow/Highlight,
> Contrast, Curves and, yes, I did mess with color
> in the skin a little. Not at all intended to look like Kodachrome, but
> like my recollection of what things look like in
> that light <
> http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Faviana_and_Reymundo.htm
> >.
>
> BTW, a slight blue cast in sunlight is in not uncommon in the intense
> black hair of many Indians of the Americas.
> Perhaps exacerbated by being in the shade. I wouldn't take it as
> indicative of an overall color cast problem.
>
> I have not run into particular trouble scanning Kodachrome, but I use a
> Canon FS4000 film scanner and VueScan. All but
> the last few in this gallery are K64 from 1970, although 2 & 3 were badly
> underexposed.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Havasu/>
>
> I don't know what equipment you use, but it should be possible to come a
> lot closer right out of the scanner. Like AG, I
> know nothing about SilverFast but that it costs a great deal more than
> VueScan and VS is very capable.
>
> Simple Solutions Moose
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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