Scanning B&w negatives
Apr 28, 2012 07:52:29 #
Here's a photo with a history.
It is of my wife Barbara when she was 19. Taken at a party where she was dressed as a schoolgirl, more than 30 years ago. The camera was probably an OM-1 using FP4 film, loaded, processed and printed by me.
I recently scanned the neg using an £80 Ion scanner, tarted it up a bit in Elements to remove the dust etc and got it put on a 20x16 canvas print on the wall.
The quality is amazing and could have been taken yesterday.
It's my favourite photo of Barb but she is horrified by it and tuts and shakes her head whenever I show it to anyone.
Don't tell her I showed you.
It is of my wife Barbara when she was 19. Taken at a party where she was dressed as a schoolgirl, more than 30 years ago. The camera was probably an OM-1 using FP4 film, loaded, processed and printed by me.
I recently scanned the neg using an £80 Ion scanner, tarted it up a bit in Elements to remove the dust etc and got it put on a 20x16 canvas print on the wall.
The quality is amazing and could have been taken yesterday.
It's my favourite photo of Barb but she is horrified by it and tuts and shakes her head whenever I show it to anyone.
Don't tell her I showed you.
Barbara
Apr 28, 2012 08:39:38 #
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Apr 30, 2012 03:49:17 #
Michael O'
Loc: Midwest right now
GrainyKev wrote:
Here's a photo with a history. br It is of my wife... (show quote)
The gang here won't mention to her that we think the shot is delightful, and that we have forwarded the message and shot to many of our friends all over .. mostly in US, Canada, Europe (only Danamark all the way down to Italia and Greece) , western Asia (don't you really love Turkey and her people !), and N. Africa (only Morocco straight thru to Cairo -- the Sahara is a fascinating, if torturous, place). Michael O'
Apr 30, 2012 05:38:05 #
That's not even close to being funny. My ass is grass if she is in the wrong mood. She might be quietly pleased but that's too big a risk for me. She was a babe though and I now realise I was punching way above my weight. Thanks for the kind comments, I was very unsure about posting this.
Apr 30, 2012 12:24:48 #
Ok now you can stop being polite - this is what she was going to marry. I don't know why I am doing this.
Camping Kev
May 1, 2012 08:32:36 #
May 2, 2012 07:07:36 #
Oh no, this is an OLD photo remember. I am not sadistic enough to post a current one.
Even so, a nice thing to hear and very rare - thank you (even if you were joking)
Even so, a nice thing to hear and very rare - thank you (even if you were joking)
May 5, 2012 11:56:04 #
I told her - "What!, all those people in America!"....but I am still alive....phew.
May 5, 2012 15:00:40 #
GrainyKev wrote:
I told her - "What!, all those people in America!"....but I am still alive....phew.
and England and Australia and Canada and Hawaii and...
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