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but it seems like we need a little more discussion rolling around here. This is a scan of a pic I took with a new/old Rollei 35T I recently acquired. Film was Kodak 400CN, which I have had good luck with. Actually the Rollei has a very nice contrasty Tessar lens, but I was learning the limits of the top mounted needle match meter, taking a pic of my daughter Kate in a dark room with a little light coming in through a single window. Next post will get to the meat of what I want to demonstrate.

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I lied - Doc B. 18:58:55 08/04/05 (1)
Obviously the light was coming through two windows, one to the left/rear and one to the right. I think the right window had a thin black curtain over it.
- Re: I lied - Dominic 11:19:24 08/05/05 (0)
  Pretty cool. I actually like the original 'POS' :-)
Re: dunno if this will interest anyone - Doc B. 18:52:05 08/04/05 (2)
This is after a little processing with the Nik Color Efex plug ins for Photoshop and Neat Image for noise reduction.
First I adjusted levels in Pshop to get the contrast up. This brought out too much noise, so I filtered the result in Neat Image. Next I used Color Efex to soften the skin a bit more, blur the focus around the edges and tone the image. There were a couple of other small tweaks which I'm afraid I don't recall now, which yielded up "Kate-a-Lisa". Not a contest winner by a long shot, but not a bad pic to hang on the family album wall in the hallway.
Anyway, the point is you can salvage some pretty crappy shots with a little experimentation.
- I added catchlights to her eyes among ...... - Joe M 10:46:25 08/06/05 (1)
  Burning in her arms and neck. Theory being good portraiture has nothing brighter than the face . I used curves for rest & cropped for that rule of thirds moving her head more to the right. I wouldn't have posed her arms in such a matter first off.
  - Re: You Do Need A Little Sparkle In The Eyes: - Vinylly 20:00:54 08/06/05 (0)
    That's what gives a portrait life.

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