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I'm not all that knowledgeable but I do have suggestions for putting images on the internet.
First, its important to have your monitor standardized and calibrated as your base reference. A good test is to view your website or postings on several other computers to see how the images are reading. If your monitor is adjusted correctly, the average appearance on other's computers will look acceptable.
Secondly, internet images benefit from slightly more contrast, and a lot more sharpening, than printed photos. I don't really sharpen much when printing, but once an image is sized for the internet, a fairly strong treatment seems to help.
I believe this is true because in real life, we can move in on a printed image and see that its sharp and then pull back to see the overall composition. On a monitor, one size has to do both jobs at one viewing distance, so an impression of overall sharpness is more important at the initial viewing stage. Whatever the reason, I found the smaller internet images look better with strong sharpening, and printed images do not. Of course, if its noticeable that a treatment has been given, that's not good.
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Thanks for the input Robert & John. I have just realised that a good portion of the problem is likely that I am scanning mounted prints that are not touching the scanners glass surface. I'l try an unmounted print.
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What sort of finish does the print have? That can make a difference when scanning also. As for dust, I have found that when scanning negs. to post, I have to be very careful about not only cleaning the surface initially, but between scans as well whenever the cover it lifted. I believe the charges created by the electronic nature of the beast sucks nearby dust particles out of the air.:(
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Lower Multnomah Falls, January 2010
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/...40f380fbe8.jpg
Camera: Deardorff V8.
Lens: 300mm Nikkor-W.
Film: Adox CHS 100 Art developed in PMK Pyro.
Printed on Ilford MGIV RV.
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Peter Mounier
Brian
Nice shot in the Alabama Hills! That place has so much variety and endless opportunities for photography.
Peter
Thanks Peter, Alabama Hills is one of my favorite areas. This one is from my first trip there, we drove up from Death Valley and spent the day. I've been back two more times since for several days at a time and certainly will go again.
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Gary L. Quay
Beauty! I always wished I could go back there someday.
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Has anyone got one of Upper and Lower all in one?
Upper Multnomah Falls
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files...nomahfalls.jpg
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Just for fun -- another Multnomah Creek Falls. This one is farther up the drainage -- a bit of a hike.
I have shared this one before.
5x7 Tri-X
Raja 4x5/5x7 w/ Computar 210/6.3
Scanned carbon print
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Vaughn
I have shared this one before.
...and I loved it then, too!
There is a nice sepia-toned vertical pano of both falls in my doctor's office. I once looke dup the photog's page I think, but I now don't recall who they were. Maybe a search would turn something up.
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/...dd076b07_o.jpg
4x5 Tmax 100, schneider symmar 210mm.
South Africa, between Kenton on Sea and Alexandria (Eastern Cape) at sunrise.
