I have a large number of scans of B&W negs scanned as monochrome. Is it possible using CS5 to warm these up a bit. Obviously the channel mixer won't work because there is only the monochrome channel....
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I have a large number of scans of B&W negs scanned as monochrome. Is it possible using CS5 to warm these up a bit. Obviously the channel mixer won't work because there is only the monochrome channel....
I got the email as well. They must be reading the negative comments on the web. Not holding my breath on the order's arrival.
I don't know about theory (I shut down whenever I see the words "transgression" or "privileging") but you can learn something from Robert Adams' "Why People Photograph" and "Beauty in Photography" as...
Thanks for the replies. I'll go with the magnet idea. njb
I recently got a large 5-blade Salthill easel and can't figure out one thing regarding its use. You tuck the top of the paper into a little slot as you do with most easels. That controls the...
Woolite, actually. Tide is too harsh.
Louie Powell is right on about having positive pressure in your darkroom. With a fan sucking air out you will get dust-laden air drawn into the room every time you open the door. To get positive...
I don't use a clothes pin or other fastener to secure the waist of the tee shirt to the camera because both my hands are in and out under the tee shirt to use the loupe. I find it dark enough under...
I use a technique I read about and it seems to work. With the lens open and the camera pointing at the sky, I rotate the diopter adjustment on the loupe until the grain of the ground glass becomes...
I use a black sweat shirt with the sleeves cut off and the arm holes sewn up. I find it easiest to stick my head in the neck opening and wear the thing kind of like a cowl, the body of the shirt...
How about one or another of these:
http://www.sherpacart.com/
Consider 'Denglas' anti-reflective glass from a picture framer.
I love my Outfitter Caribou 8 on an F-250 4x4. Outfitter will work with you in customizing pretty much however you want. I have mine set up with 3 solar panels which are more than enough to keep the...
I prefer to keep negatives by themselves. I use the three-hole perforated file pages and keep them in archivaly safe cardboard binder/boxes I get from Light Impressions. These boxes aren't open at...
You can also brighten a ground glass (and its hot spot) by waxing it. "Renaissance Wax" is a good choice. njb
Try ordering one of the above and see what happens. I was impressed by the extensive inventory of Nova Processors on their website--lots of models, pretty good prices. When I tried to order one I...
The main thing is that you want your enlarger baseboard to stay flat. I'd use 3/4" or, even better, 1" MDF (medium density fiberboard). It's dimensionally stable and won't warp. It comes in 4'x8'...
Karl Lagerfeld: "Casa Malaparte" and "The House in the Trees;" Frank Thiel: "Berlin;"
Lee Friedlander: "Sticks & Stones;" some work by Naoya Hatakeyama, Ryuji Miyamoto, and
Nobuyoshi Araki (yes,...
Grump - The cover plates aren't really cover plates--they're paper labels. I learned this a year or two ago on some photography forum where there was a question about getting rid of 'play' in the...
FYI- details of homemade drying rack: scrap cedar, 18x26" pre-made screens (Home Depot c.$2.00ea), Home Depot aluminum channel. Legs clamped together to make dadoes, aluminum channel epoxied into...
Brian - You can find very inexpensive ready-made fiberglass screens at places like Home De(s)pot. I picked up a about 18 screens there that will hold two 11x14' prints. They also sell aluminum...
For a darkcloth I do something similar to some tips above. I use a black cotton/poly sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off and the arm holes stitched up. Instead of attaching it to the camera and...
Jerry, You may be thinking of the difficulty of using an RH Analyzer in a darkroom equiped with the type of safelight that is not switched off during focusing and paper exposure. The Thomas Duplex...
John, This might be a photographer's urban legend, but I have always been under the impression that no right to privacy can be expected in public places. That said, it occurs to me that the notion of...
I didn't mean to suggest that "minimum-time-for-maximum-black," either the phrase or the concept, were mine. I came across the phrase some years ago on the internet (the specific site long...
A couple of things: you don't need a densitometer and you sure as hell don't need to brush up on logarithms (pace Phil Davis). There is a website with a set of simple tests you can use to establish...
When I was teaching the Zone System I came up with a little mnemonic device to help make the right lens (or shutter) adjustments when placing a spot-metered part of a scene on something other that...
Sure there could be long-lasting CDs and DVDs. My point is that I think that too frequently it will not occur to people what these might contain and that they will be tossed out. njb
John Kasanian mentions a cardboard box full of photographs from the teens, twenties, and thirties. Such treasure troves of images (enjoyed no less if they are faded) are a sure casualty of the...
Postmodernism is pretty well summed up by the following site:
http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/postmodern/ (reload it a few times)
I propose that a movement is in big trouble if its discourse...
Take a look at the back page of the current Backpacker 2005 Gear Guide. Or go to www.themule.com.
Depending on the terrain, the thing could be just the ticket for large format photographers. njb
Restricting yourself to overcast days only when shooting in Germany probably cuts down possible shooting days to around 340 per year.
I have experience with Type 55 only - gorgeous prints - fine grain and sharp. I have 30-35 year old negatives that remain as they were originally. njb
Check out this little Starrett square/level. It's more expensive than the Lee Valley level, but beautifully made with a great feel in the hand....
The replies above are right on the money for nature stuff. If you have an interest in architecture, do a bit of online research about the architects Greene & Greene. I think that there is one of...
"On Being a Photographer" David Hurn/Magnum, in conversation with Bill Jay. LensWork Publishing, 1997 ISBN #1-888803-06-1 njb
I would be interested in hearing from those who have good results using tanks as to their method of agitation. I assume slow lifting and lowering, tipping gently first to one side and then the...
The Bogen, every time. njb
I just got some Mido film holders without any instructions other than those prin ted on the back of the rigid plastic holder you slip under the ground glass. Can anyone out there email or fax...
I have used the RH Design products for several years and wouldn't be without them. You do need to be careful in calibrating but the effort pays off immediately. F/Stop timing is addicting. The...