Moonlight Fantasy on the Old Farm: I'm pretty sure this is some industrial site along I-77 near Huntersville, NC, in 2022. In 1975, it was an abandoned farm. The house had burned, the...

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I'm pretty sure this is some industrial site along I-77 near Huntersville, NC, in 2022. In 1975, it was an abandoned farm. The house had burned, the barn had crumbled, and the implements were rusty shards in a field.

Original was a black-and-white negative. Digitized in raw, inverted in Negative Lab Pro, tweaked in Lightroom Classic, altered in Photoshop Neural filters, tweaked again in Lightroom Classic.

Be sure to view the download.

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Flying Three Loc: Berthoud, CO

That is a great photo and rendering. Just beautiful and thought provoking!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Flying Three wrote:

That is a great photo and rendering. Just beautiful and thought provoking!

Thanks! A B&W version of this is in the Black-and-White Photography section.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Stimulating, interesting result!

What do you see differently in download, Bill? Now that the thumbnails are 2000 pixels wide, I don't see any difference - maybe because my monitor is only 13.3 inches

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Stimulating, interesting result!

What do you see differently in download, Bill? Now that the thumbnails are 2000 pixels wide, I don't see any difference - maybe because my monitor is only 13.3 inches

Downloads look sharper on a 4K 27" monitor. My posts are usually wider than 3000 pixels. This one is 4029 × 2686, more than double the 2000 pixel thumbnail. If all you have is a 2K display, well, no you might not see the difference. But there MAY be a profile difference, since the tagged/embedded profile in the file is interpreted in download mode, but is stripped off in the preview.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

burkphoto wrote:

Downloads look sharper on a 4K 27" monitor. My posts are usually wider than 3000 pixels. This one is 4029 × 2686, more than double the 2000 pixel thumbnail. If all you have is a 2K display, well, no you might not see the difference. But there MAY be a profile difference, since the tagged/embedded profile in the file is interpreted in download mode, but is stripped off in the preview.

Thanks Bill. I envision most UHHers browsing with a tablet or small laptop, in their recliner with their feet up, cat purring in their lap. Oh wait - that's me

Color profiles other than sRGB are usually easy to identify in thumbnail view. Drab and dark.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Thanks Bill. I envision most UHHers browsing with a tablet or small laptop, in their recliner with their feet up, cat purring in their lap. Oh wait - that's me

Color profiles other than sRGB are usually easy to identify in thumbnail view. Drab and dark.

Yep...

William Loc: Mississippi

download works the shadow/light/color/texture/form

negative was a memory rethought idea good/work}}

the camera/lens/film processed in digital ... conception

what was the camera/lens/film did you do the lab work?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

William wrote:

download works the shadow/light/color/texture/form

negative was a memory rethought idea good/work}}

the camera/lens/film processed in digital ... conception

what was the camera/lens/film did you do the lab work?

Camera was a Nikon FTn with a borrowed 35mm Vivitar f/2.8 lens that had the worst astigmatism of any lens I ever used.

Film was Kodak Tri-X, probably processed in D-76, 1:1 dilution. I did all my own B&W lab work in high school and college and beyond.

William Loc: Mississippi

I made all the mistakes on my high school's dime
after was 2 1/4 and 4x5 in college and later the
home lab in my garage storage room wet/dry and
a sink that was the bomb 3x6 galvanized steel man
spent hours in the dark listening to the radio 70s/80s
once I went digital 2000s I never looked back but the
experience only made me appreciate what's/what/now

the 90s was three kids to feed and make a living life

I was sixteen fifty years ago when I found the lens

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

William wrote:

I made all the mistakes on my high school's dime
after was 2 1/4 and 4x5 in college and later the
home lab in my garage storage room wet/dry and
a sink that was the bomb 3x6 galvanized steel man
spent hours in the dark listening to the radio 70s/80s
once I went digital 2000s I never looked back but the
experience only made me appreciate what's/what/now

the 90s was three kids to feed and make a living life

I was sixteen fifty years ago when I found the lens

Similar story here... just turned 67. I started getting serious about photography at 13. After college and a couple of years in radio announcing and commercial production, I spent 33 years in nine project management roles at yearbook printers and school portrait labs. 1990 to present has been raising three kids...