Lessons learned 2 by jcv2
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There are those who luckily have digital camera's. Back in the nineties they were rare, very expensive and bad quality. So here I am with my collection of slides. Let's digitize it! Wheeeee! How to scan 8,000 slides!? Let's go!
Hmm, here you can see how a raw scan looks. It needs to be cropped, the dust and hairs (here almost not visible but imagine a beautiful blue sky with nice dust-particles floating all over, making you think you have many dead pixels on the screen), the gamma and color-balance need to be corrected and eventually you find out the computer cannot handle the color-depth so dark spots become black and light spots become white. Great!
OK, guys, you convinced me - I have to buy a digital camera! You can see the result of necessary postwork for only digitizing a slide. Processing every slide consumes a lot of work. But ... it's fun, I see all those old shots and memories become alive again. And a slideshow is definitely different from any presentation with beamer!
Lesson 2 - Digitizing slides and photo's consumes time, so plan carefully to perform the necessary efforts to enhance the quality of your shots (or buy a digital camera)!
Not included in this lesson are the choice of objects (hardly visible birds), and composition; that's for later!
Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments
Minolta X-700 (Agfa CT 100, 35 mm)
Comments (17)
tallpindo
I think the images are a raw scanned slide top and a Photoshop enhancement of that slide? It couldn't be an enhancement of a scanned slide top and a digital camera image bottom since the rocks and ground cover would be little changed but the flowers and the bird would be in only one. Now you know why I sublimate rather than react when I am puzzled. Pretty!!
Zacko
Yep, postwork can sometimes be very neccessary. And you just showed the improvement that can be done. Excellent work! Have a great one. Class will be same time tomorrow right? #:O)
pimbotin
I agree, it's high time to turn to digital. Especially when considering the quality they have now and the cheap price you can find them. (except if you wanna have a reflex but does it really worth? Cf Papguru comments on his lessons for dragon chasing!) BUT, do not think that having a digital camera will make you forget the postwork! We all have to enhance the shots we take, at least adjusting the levels...
sharky_
I'm kind of lucky to have started my likes to photography in today's digital camera world. But those pictures before this new technology came can be rejuvenated back to life but with much consuming time. Lucky for Post Work. Yes, plan carefully to enhance the quality of your shots. Excellent series. Aloha
Chaos911
excellent work!!!
vlaaitje
it is nice to see how it change.....
addiek
Both can work together!
marybelgium
excellent interesting work ...
deannemart
At least with digital you wouldn't always have to wait for developing :)
danob
Yes I have been there lol!! Next problem dust on the sensor!! But less hassle than scans
Akinom
Perfectly shown the difference what one can achieve by postwork! Another advantage... you will not have to spend lots of money in films wink
Punaguy
A great lesson to be learned here! Although I love digital, nothing compares to the old school camera as far as color goes...Well done! Aloha!
LadyLisa
Excellent pov and color
tvernuccio
What a difference!!!!! Lots of work indeed!!!!! You have so much patience!!!!! For me...digital is the only way to go. Keep in mind though, if you take a lot of pics like i do, you're gonna need a LOT of memory and MANY hard-drives!!!!! oh man....the money it saves in film...uh, believe me, you more than spend that in maintaining your computer and buying more and more memory and harddrives!!! But ya know what...it's worth EVERY cent!!!! i LOVE digital!!! thanks for showing, Jan-Carel!!!
Enmos
Woohoo !!! I see the bird ;oP Amazing postwork here my friend, excellent work here !! :o) But, if i were you, id buy a digital... saves a lot of time. And you can still postwork your shots if you want to ;o)
tibet2004uk
Ah yes! The second shot is much better indeed! ;)
sossy
what a great difference in these two shots!!!! stunning result! but hard work! I have to scan my shots and that takes a lot of time also! or you have them burned on a cd but if you rezise them they are over sharpened! ;o( nice to be teached by such a wonderful teacher! ;o))))