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Flummoxed by film scanning, finding white balance where there is none, and they only come out at night (to shoot).
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EPISODE 66
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Busy this week, so found an old one. This was a film photo scanned, so please pardon the fuzziness. It was scanned from the negative. Any pointers on this? Mark
Could you talk about white balancing night photos with street lights? Specifically how to make the sky look black instead of a dark version of another color. And also stay true to the colors of the lights in the pics.
I've been all across the spectrum trying to find the right effect.
Mad_Marv
Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald.
Lori Grunin has been an avid photographer for almost 30 years, and spent the past 15 attempting to master every aspect of technology.
Matt Fitzgerald has been involved with digital camera technology and the photo industry for more than 15 years. Matthew's background includes work as a professional photographer, a technical representative, and a repair technician.
Here is my entry in the "Change of Seasons"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmacke/3984537833/
Keith Macke
Thanks for the pointers on the scanning of the negative. As you know I am cheap, so the scanner belonged to the office. It was an Epson, had a tray to insert the negative & had a light on the lid of the scanner, but no dedicated scan device. The photo is about 13 yrs old & was probably scanned about 5 years ago. The negative was pretty old & probably processed through K-Mart's Kodak processing. I never used their 1 hour processing... always sent it off. I never trusted the calibration of the 1 hour processors on site.
Anyway, glad to be shooting digital. Oh, the original negative was scanned in at 2400 dpi & had some post work, but not a lot. Honestly, I thought it came out better than I expected. However, sounds like a good reason to go skiing again... better shots with the new camera!
Nothing yet for the fall, colors just starting to turn here in Arkansas. Thanks for the extension.
Markitect
Long time listener but I always seem to be behind when listening to the podcast so I haven't ever asked a question. I seem to have problems sharpening for print. I always sharpen when I resize for web publishing and I have that nailed down. However, sharpening for print seems to be so much trickier. I've yet to find a great way to go about it. Do you sharpen based on what sized print you'll be making or more generic if you decide you want different sized prints later on? Any tips for using Unsharp Mask? Thanks!
Sorry if this has been asked before and I've just missed it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedebruijn/
This was taken outside the Fireside motel in Castlegar, BC, Canada. It got pretty cold that night and the sprinklers came on. It was a cool scene to wake up to.
Allex Radu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedebruijn/4020422183/
Here's my submission, taken on my old Canon 10D:
http://flickr.com/gp/twojays/11w9d9
Also a question: I've finally decided to retire the aforementioned 10D and am on the fence between a used 5D (original, not Mark II) or a new 50D. I shoot mostly landscape and travel so am I better with the newer technology or the full frame sensor? Also, any thoughts about the 17-85 IS kit lens with the 50D?
Thanks and keep up the great show.
John from Toronto
As for your body issue, what glass do you already own. with the 50D you will have a 1.6 crop so the wide lenses will narrow. The image sensor on the 50D is less sharp then the 40D at 400 ISO and higher, so if you enjoy crisp images and print them this may be an issue with the 50D. The 5D will let in more light for lower light viewing and you will get better bokeh.
On the he 17-85, IS is a nice feature to have but don't think that it makes up for the lack of aperture width. The lens isn't particularly sharp. If you got this lens "free" with your camera body then you are in luck. Another lens you might want to look into if you're checking this one out is the Canon EF 17-40 f/4. It's comparable in price, has a fixed f/4 but just doesn't have the additional zoom length to it.
I'm carrying a 20-35 f/4-5.6, a 70-200f/4L, and I carry a 50mm f/1.8 portrait lens for when I need speed. I wasn't aware that the 40D is more sharp than the 50D at higher ISO so that might be an additional budget option for me.
The 17-85 IS isn't quite "free" but in some places that kit is only a few hundred bucks over the body-only options. I've definitely looked at and admired the 17-40 f/4L but at $750 it's a big jump for a little ol' amateur like me.
Given that lens selection, do you think a used 5D the way to go or is the used 40D going to be worth it at half the price?
This is my submission for the change of seasons contest:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allex/4023057516/sizes/l/
Allex Radu
See: http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/060907_moon_big.html
Thanks to Mike S. for pointing this out via email.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegandy/3062058602/in/set-72157606409717017/
I used the negative settings on the clarify slider in Adobe Camera Raw to deepen the color of the leaves. Colorado always gets attention because of the aspen gold but the high prairie cottonwoods are my favorites.
This year, we had the worst drought ever, and for us the onset of fall just meant some wind and rain. Nothing turned ... So, here is a representation of that in this picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22756141@N06/4023799739/
Heidi
Austin, TX
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14846403@N03/4010687960/sizes/l/
Mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14846403@N03/4010687960/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14846403@N03/4010687960/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14846403@N03/4010687960/
Mike
Here's my submission for this weeks contest. It was really hard for me to decide which photo to select this week as Autumn is becoming my favourite season!!!. But this one is my favourite.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeadc/4023394490/
I was trying to show something more than the change in colour on the tree's at this time of year. In the UK these colourful fungi appear during October. They push up from the ground in a burst with vibrant colour, in total contrast to dying leafs falling from the tree's. I also liked the leafs on the floor giving a hint to the season and the side lighting on the fungi.
Hope you like it also...
Keep up the great work , Lee.
Here is my entry for Changing Season
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8415659@N04/4032211255/in/set-72157621835260579/
It's still a bit early here for the full on change of colors, but luckily we got a few nights of frost.
Jesper
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3539/4034361911_f3ddb37826_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/4035079742_488a60ba30_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4035141946_2c7d288d48_o.jpg
All the images were edited in Lightroom 3 beta, and uploaded via the new Flickr eaport module.
Lightroom 3 Beta was released in the last 24 hours.
Mike Roberts
Here is my submission for change
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38413087@N02/4035182914/sizes/l/
Karthik
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4037183792_e826b09a08_b.jpg
Kenny in NJ
I sometimes find colour banding in graduated colours in some of my macro shots. It tends to appear if I export a JPEG from a RAW file. My 'work around' is to export a TIFF from Photoshop Camera Raw and then open in Photoshop and save a copy as a JPEG.
Lee.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4019689200_38eca22c84_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11061372@N07/4045911156/
I really wanted to emphasize the "change" part of the contest. I believe it is a Japanese maple.
-ChewDawg (Kevin)
I already have a bunch of these on PhotoCD, having ordered the original prints with this then-novel feature, but I'm realizing that these photo CD image files are only about 1 megapixel in resolution.
My question is, would I be better off to re-scan the old prints with my own Canon LiDE 90 scanner, or to send the original negative cartridges away to a professional lab? Scanning prints myself would be cheap, but time-consuming, whereas sending negatives away would be expensive, but take virtually no time, and perhaps have a higher quality scan. What I don't know is, will I be assured to get a better image from a freshly-scanned negative, or would scanning old prints myself probably look about as good? I would just buy an APS film scanner, but... well, they're pretty much impossible to find, since no one uses APS film anymore. Given the scarcity of labs that can even process APS film anymore, I'm thinking I should probably archive these photos sooner rather than later; I just can't decide how to do so. My next problem would be finding a website or local lab that can scan these negatives, and I don't know where to start looking for a good-quality lab for that..
Submission:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p58/super6s/cnet/IMG_3522tu-small.jpg
I wanted something with the change of the leaves, but also a change in people's behavior. Around here, the bikes (hogs, sleds, harleys) come out in force. While the fall color & the bikes are beautiful... not all of the riders are. Luckily I didn't get beat up being this close to someone's baby... & believe me, I got closer that I should have.
I didn't go with this second choice because some (uninformed) may not realize that it is part of a Harley. I almost like it better than the submission, though.
Second choice:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p58/super6s/cnet/IMG_3525tu2.jpg
The third possibility included the implied drive to see the colors. I like it a lot, but it was a little too traditional... too like other submissions. It was a very overcast day & took quite a bit of manipulation to look like this (maybe a little too much for my taste).
non-bike consideration:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p58/super6s/cnet/IMG_3445tu2.jpg
Markitect
p.s.
no buildings this time.
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by graceraven
October 26, 2009 6:26 PM PDT
- Change of Seasons entry was taken in the parking lot behind several restaurants and an auto repair shop.
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