sleepyhead
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Thanks - out of curiousity what about the look of those two pics do you like in contrast to the third?
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Thanks - out of curiousity what about the look of those two pics do you like in contrast to the third?
hans voralberg
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To my eyes the first two pics have medium-high contrast and much better clarity. Good impression of sharpness as well.
sleepyhead
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The difference is all due to the Curves applied in Photoshop, and some dodging and burning - for better or for worse in these days of scanning film and post processing, the INHERENT differences between different film/developer combinations have become almost irrelevant.
Of course, if you do everything the traditional way in a wet process then it's a different story.
Assuming the original scan captured the info present on a well-exposed, well-processed negative, then "the look" could probably be made to look like any film/developer combo you want in Photoshop.
JPSuisse
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Hi,
@ SleepyHead, actually, I like your first shot. The contrast is good too. But different than mine. The second picture seems to be missing texture some place in the dresses. I don't suppose such young kids have much texture in the face yet!!! 🙂
I'm going more for the higher contrast look. I really the high contrast images. But only, if the grain is under control and the tonality is still there.
@ Roger, thanks for saying so. We need guidance from people like you here. I donated to your site about 2 days ago.
Tonight, it looks like a roll of PX125 is to be developed!! But, I'm getting to Neopan as soon as possible.
Best, JP
@ SleepyHead, actually, I like your first shot. The contrast is good too. But different than mine. The second picture seems to be missing texture some place in the dresses. I don't suppose such young kids have much texture in the face yet!!! 🙂
I'm going more for the higher contrast look. I really the high contrast images. But only, if the grain is under control and the tonality is still there.
@ Roger, thanks for saying so. We need guidance from people like you here. I donated to your site about 2 days ago.
Tonight, it looks like a roll of PX125 is to be developed!! But, I'm getting to Neopan as soon as possible.
Best, JP
Roger Hicks
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Thank'ee kindly, good sir.
I agree that contrast is very much a question of taste and subject matter. Your pics work better at your preferred contrast, and sleepyhead's work best at his. Well, his higher-contrast ones, anyway: I was nothing like as keen on the lower-contrast ones, but then, I often fond that no matter how good a lower-contrast shot is, it looks weak and feeble when juxtaposed with punchier pics.
Cheers,
R.
