Activity for User 146 - Bob Benson - benson.bob@comcast.net

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26 Apr 20 Reply Unfortunately, by the time the left balloon started to raise, the right one was gone. Apr 23rd
26 Apr 20 Comment I too like the filter treatment. I agree with Mervyn's assessment of the bright leaf, and you should also consider doing the same thing to the smaller bright leaf towards the top. Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Comment The symmetry and patterns you caught are excellent. There is a lot to look at here. I wonder if toning down the brighter top arch a little bit would put more attention on the very interesting stripes. Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Comment I almost like the color version better, but I think if you use more contrast on the B&W version, it will "pop" more. Also, you have a great built in S curve in the flowers, and perhaps with a little selective "painting" with light you could emphasize that some more. I think that if you cloned or content aware the presence of the building out, it would help. (I like the bench and bushes behind, but removing the bright building walls might improve this.) Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Comment This is a great travel image. I also like the B&W version better, as I do not feel the color adds to the image in this case. The B&W enforces some interesting patterns to see, in addition to the main focus of two people. Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Comment I like the results. This conveys so much action, and you really get the feel of the grittiness of the interaction. The only possible suggestion I have for improvement is to consider toning down the bright shirt area of the boy in front, so that we stay focused in on the action. Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Reply I should add that I still find most of the images that I have archived this way to still be inferior and disappointing compared to images that we get directly from our digital cameras. These scans are a reminder to me that I do not miss the good old days of analog. Apr 6th
26 Apr 20 Reply An article by George Lepp from a while back cued me in on this approach. With our modern cameras with the fantastic sensors we now have, we can just use our camera to copy images. There are very sophisticated setups to purchase that allow you to almost automate the whole process, but I can be cheap at times, and look for the inexpensive first. You will need a full macro lens so that you can capture one to one, unless you do not mind post cropping. My tripod has the ability to swivel the extension so I can be at right angles to the ground. (You can set something up shooting straight, but then you have to figure out clamps etc to defy gravity.) For my slides, I had the holder from my old darkroom enlarger, so that I could lock it into place with tape, and once I got critical focus, it was just a matter of swapping out a slide and taking another picture. I left it on auto exposure with great results, and only once so far did I find the need to bracket. The uniform light source actually turned out to be very cheap. I used an LED light tracing pad. The one I have is A4 size for plenty of room made by Agptek (at Amazon for about $20). Color negatives are not so much fun, as you have to invert the channel curves in LR or Photoshop. I took a quick shot of what I did, since it was still set up. Apr 6th
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