I had a similar impression, Chuck, except for the last tab.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Faviana and Reymundo
> Your last couple of Moosifications with bottom rollovers don't seem to
> be working for me on either Firefox or IE. Either that or the changes
> are so subtle that these old eyes can't see them.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/14/2012 4:06 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 6/14/2012 7:48 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Color negatives scan fine:
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143476719
>>> Ah! Fuji Press 800 is one of God's gifts to photographers. It's the
>>> Tri-X of the color film world.
>>
>> Wonderful subject, light and color!
>>
>> The following doesn't relate to such a vast project of scanning thousands
>> and thousands of slides. What you've got is
>> more than good enough for that. More about what might be done when fine
>> tuning a favorite image:
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Laura_Dominquez.htm>
>>
>> A little vague looking in detail. Do you resharpen slightly after
>> downsampling for the web? I and many others have
>> expounded at length on the technical whys of loss of detail in the
>> process of downsampling, indeed any digital sampling.
>> The point is simply that it happens, and can be compensated for.
>>
>> There is some loss of visible detail in the brightest parts of the dress.
>> It's there, but not visible to my eyes because
>> of highlight compression somewhere in the processing. Gently stretching
>> this highlight tonal info down, in bright areas
>> only, brings fabric detail into visibility, especially in the low detail
>> central panel. Makes the light seem a tiny bit
>> softer, as well.
>>
>> I wonder if lack of post downsampling and loss of subtle detail in bright
>> areas might be a factor in your choice to add
>> some grain to some images.
>>
>> A final portrait trick is to locally sharpen just the eyes, eyebrows and
>> lips, which really brings viewer's eyes to the
>> face.
>>
>> Locally Sharp Moose
>>
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