That looks much better! Someday I will get my other scanner working and
see if I can get rid of the halos.
Tina
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:12 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tried with some level and curve adjustments (no mask):
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/162390170.mHCczZxM.61804_00209Edit2.jpg
>
> Not perfect but it should look better.
>
> The shadow's "yellowish halo" is due to scanner flare, difficult to get
> rid of without local touch up.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On 1/22/2016 12:00 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> I need help with this one:
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/162390170/original
>>>
>>
>> As the scan stands, you've done a pretty good job on an impossible image.
>> I played, and got something different, but not really better.
>>
>> It's a Kodachrome taken in extremely harsh light. I've done the best I
>>> can
>>> with shadows and highlights but would appreciate any additional
>>> suggestions
>>> for handling the extreme contrast. The shadows sometimes have a
>>> yellowish
>>> halo around them (hair bun and back of neck) that I don't know how to get
>>> rid of.
>>>
>>
>> With this one, you've also got way too red a face, reflections from the
>> red threads.
>>
>> I really don't see where one can do much with such an image without
>> masking and working on different parts differently. With overall
>> adjustments, what improves one area makes trouble elsewhere.
>>
>> AG just posted about recovering shadow detail in scanning slide film.
>> Perhaps, as a fellow Nikon scanner user, he may have some ideas for
>> improving what comes out of the scanner.
>>
>> I'm working on a project of the widows in this one village and would like
>>> to include photos of them working and in their very dark houses. Some
>>> very
>>> difficult scans on Kodachrome. I have hundreds to work on!!
>>>
>>
>> These KR64s in the dark have grain that makes skin look dirty. Yet if you
>> clean that up, the true nature of many of them is revealed; what appeared
>> sharp from sharp grain, in fact, has little actual image detail. A
>> consequence of wide apertures and 3D subjects is soft images where one
>> might wish for more sharpness.
>>
>> So it's possible to make many such images have smooth skin and other
>> colors, but they don't look as sharp and detailed as you've thought.
>>
>> The effect may be limited to skin and where it's needed, but with
>> hundreds to do, that's pretty time consuming.
>>
>> Photography has always been about compromises.
>>
>> These Central American series are full of wonderful images, much of your
>> finest work of what I've seen. But they have a lot of technical issues that
>> are difficult to improve. Good luck!
>>
>> Moose in the Dark
>>
>
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