Salzburg... old city... looking down 1958
Jul 16, 2016 14:50:49 #
In 1958... a music student in Salzburg, Austria... I took this picture looking down at the old city using my Kodak Retina and color slide film. Sometime in the past 10 years, I got the slide scanned to a digital file. The color was way off... very red... but Ive been able to adjust that. The pic is a little crowded and frantic, with so much in the shot. I have often tried to make 'something' of this shot... with little success. (Top picture)
In the spirit of Count Basie... "One more time"... Last week, I tackled it... 'one more once'. I turned it into a black and white photo... plugged in an old-time look... used a little white vignette around the edges... (I really don't like using a white vignette though!)... played around some... and came up with this interpretation of a less-than-than-wonderful original shot. (bottom pic)
Notice that since this is an old-style picture... the cars and buses (lower right) are gone!
And this is the fun of what I'm doing these days.
In the spirit of Count Basie... "One more time"... Last week, I tackled it... 'one more once'. I turned it into a black and white photo... plugged in an old-time look... used a little white vignette around the edges... (I really don't like using a white vignette though!)... played around some... and came up with this interpretation of a less-than-than-wonderful original shot. (bottom pic)
Notice that since this is an old-style picture... the cars and buses (lower right) are gone!
And this is the fun of what I'm doing these days.
Jul 16, 2016 15:16:44 #
Guten Tag. Very nice pictures of Salzburg. I like the PP you did.
bbrowner wrote:
In 1958... a music student in Salzburg, Austria...... (show quote)
Jul 16, 2016 15:18:20 #
Vundava...I hope I spelled it right. BTW, how is your music.
bbrowner wrote:
In 1958... a music student in Salzburg, Austria...... (show quote)
Jul 16, 2016 15:33:08 #
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Jul 17, 2016 08:09:50 #
bbrowner wrote:
Must have been Ektachrome film. I had a number of my Ektachrome slides from back then turn reddish over the years. Seems other slides, Kodachromes and other brands, didn't. The color was way off... very red... but Ive been able to adjust that.
Jul 17, 2016 08:46:43 #
I have been able to correct for that red tint using a Epson V600 and the software that comes with it. Way back in the film days I used a lot of bulk movie film and had it processed by the same firm that sold the film. It all turned red like your first picture. I have been very successful with the above process to get back the real colors.
Jul 17, 2016 08:48:44 #
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Jul 17, 2016 13:34:20 #
bbrowner wrote:
In 1958... a music student in Salzburg, Austria...... (show quote)
Wonderful image!!!!!
Jul 17, 2016 13:56:27 #
My first 35mm camera was a Retina 2A. I bought it used in 1964 before going in the Navy. While in Rota Spain I purchased my first Nikon with a 50mm f1.4 lens and sold the Retina tor a shipmate. The Retina took excellent photos. A few years ago I came across a Retina 2A in like new condition at a flea market and purchased it. Every now and then I run a roll of B&W through it. Excellent camera.
Jul 17, 2016 16:41:13 #
I don't know which Retina model I had in Salzburg (1958)... but it was a great little camera.
While in Salzburg, I traded an illuminated manuscript I had bought, for a Russian-made Leica. (it wasn't a true Leica.) But the Retina was better!
Barry
While in Salzburg, I traded an illuminated manuscript I had bought, for a Russian-made Leica. (it wasn't a true Leica.) But the Retina was better!
Barry
Jul 17, 2016 16:56:23 #
Terrific treatment of a wonderful city.. Spent many happy hours there attending concerts, dining etc. Recall an wonderful restaurant called Peter's Keller supposedly in business for over 600 years which offered a fabulous dessert called a Salzburger Knockeln. A million egg whites whipped to a froth, baked, with a wonderful sauce. Perhaps you've been there? In any event thanks for bringing back many wonderful memories. 
Jul 17, 2016 17:51:06 #
I love the B & W. It looks like a postcard. And a Retina was my first 35 mm too. I bought it used in DC in '75 and left all the settings as the camera store fellow set them. It was a great camera.
Jul 17, 2016 22:47:01 #
Great recovery of an old photo. You put some life and mystery in this image. Congratulations.
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