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alfredo

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52. Your low saturation treatment emphasized the blinding heat of that city. Very good.

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Challenge: Clean up this 45 year old slide. [View all] alfredo Sep 2013 OP

Why? What's the matter with it? JimDandy Sep 2013 #1

This is for people to practice their editing skills and show them. There's a lot of dust alfredo Sep 2013 #2

Interesting. Thanks. n/t JimDandy Sep 2013 #5

Kind of a quick one Stevenmarc Sep 2013 #3

The yellows and the reds came out just fine. Good job. alfredo Sep 2013 #4

Went really vintage Stevenmarc Oct 2013 #30

That is really nice. alfredo Oct 2013 #31

Damn I forgot to tone it Stevenmarc Oct 2013 #33

Even better. alfredo Oct 2013 #35

And when Stevenmarc Oct 2013 #37

I will have to see if I can find a GIMP plugin for that effect. alfredo Oct 2013 #38

On the iPhone Stevenmarc Oct 2013 #39

I've never gone the smart phone route. I might some day. alfredo Oct 2013 #40

Let me try something different... JohnnyRingo Sep 2013 #6

And it hides the dust on the slide. That's a good way to deal with that issue. alfredo Sep 2013 #9

Went with a slightly cooler tone. ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #7

Nice. What did you do to address the dust? Did the NR mask it? alfredo Sep 2013 #10

I think the noise reduction did mask the dust. ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #19

That would make the process much easier. alfredo Sep 2013 #22

Slide challenge Johnny Noshoes Sep 2013 #8

And your preserved the vintage look. Good alfredo Sep 2013 #11

My attempt alfredo Sep 2013 #12

I like everyone's attempts. Celebration Sep 2013 #13

Nice. I like how you dealt with the vignetting. alfredo Sep 2013 #15

I used Photoscape RC Sep 2013 #14

I like the colors, but I noticed some artifacts around the people against the water. Was that from alfredo Sep 2013 #16

The artifacts are in the original photo. RC Sep 2013 #17

OK. I never thought of them as always present. What do you use for sharpening. I've been using alfredo Sep 2013 #21

This: RC Sep 2013 #23

I've been using GIMP for a long time. I do straightening and cropping in iPhoto, alfredo Sep 2013 #25

I have GIMP also. RC Sep 2013 #26

I guess I've finally nailed it. I can work very fast now. alfredo Sep 2013 #27

Black and White Version Johnny Noshoes Sep 2013 #18

That reminds me of the Grainy Film art filter on my camera. alfredo Sep 2013 #20

I'm a Coltrane fan, postatomic Sep 2013 #24

I love the square format and that dark lo fi look. alfredo Oct 2013 #29

were you in Eritrea at that time? Doing what? We were in Addis '75-'77 at the American School DrDan Oct 2013 #28

The Army Security Agency had a listening post there. I was there for 3 years. alfredo Oct 2013 #32

I understand that there were also bands of pirates on the road from DrDan Oct 2013 #34

And from Asmara to Keren and Massawa to Asmara. I was there during a time when the alfredo Oct 2013 #36

here is a site I came across just this morning - Addis in the '60's DrDan Oct 2013 #41

They used to call Addis the world's largest village. I spent one day in Addis. alfredo Oct 2013 #59

Addis was a cool place to live DrDan Oct 2013 #60

I took some photos of the African Cup games in Asmara. I will have to put them online. alfredo Oct 2013 #61

Haile Selassie used to come to our base for dental work. He rode in a Plymouth Fury convertible. alfredo Oct 2013 #47

... handmade34 Oct 2013 #42

I will never forget an old Italian in wrinkled khakis walking along that stretch of causeway. He was alfredo Oct 2013 #43

love your stories handmade34 Oct 2013 #45

Michela Wrong's "I Didn't Do it For you" is an excellent history of Eritrea. alfredo Oct 2013 #46

Art Deco in handmade34 Oct 2013 #48

It was beautiful. Here's a photo from Panaramio of an overlook alfredo Oct 2013 #49

My go justiceischeap Oct 2013 #44

Your low saturation treatment emphasized the blinding heat of that city. Very good. alfredo Oct 2013 #52

Send me the slide, and the size you want it jmowreader Oct 2013 #50

I don't have problems with slides, they convert just fine, it is negatives that act up. alfredo Oct 2013 #51

The best scanners are old ones jmowreader Oct 2013 #53

SCSI? That is a blast from the past. I donated my old alfredo Oct 2013 #54

Start hitting the local thrift stores, pawn shops etc jmowreader Oct 2013 #55

They might have my old Dual in storage there. alfredo Oct 2013 #56

You price slide film recently? jmowreader Oct 2013 #57

Screw it, I'm happy with my digital. I did a three hour photo walk today. alfredo Oct 2013 #58

Because I wanted to do something fun ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #62

I like the first image, but the sky is better in the second. alfredo Oct 2013 #63

The first one with just the sky changed: ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #64

Sky is so difficult to get right. Banding is the bane of the digital world. alfredo Oct 2013 #65

Yeah, it is. ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #66

The sensor gets confused by gradual changes in color. alfredo Oct 2013 #67

What? No clouds? ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #68

Yes! alfredo Oct 2013 #69

I hate a bald sky. ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #70

I've grown to accept my bald pate. alfredo Oct 2013 #71

I don't dislike bald pates.... ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #72

It's the shine, right? alfredo Oct 2013 #73

Yes, I like and am easily ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #74

Ha! alfredo Oct 2013 #75