"Oh no ... - Pete

... another seagull sitting on my head !" Statue in the Jardins des Tuileries, Paris. The contrast between the sky (very light grey/white uniform clouds) and the statue's face seems too high for the scanner (Epson 2450). Any suggestions for getting some of the (weak) cloud detail while preserving dark statue detail will be gratefully received.

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Sonnar 90mm f/2.8
Film:	XP2
Exposure:	1/90, f16
Flash:
Support:
Filter:
Adjustment:	Slight crop, seagull burned in, downsized a la Wilfred
Posted:	10-Mar-2003

Rating: 6.83 (6 ratings)

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Comments

Why bother about it?

(not the seagull, the contrast!) The high-key works well to isolate the statue and there is enough detail in that for viewing. Well spotted (ouch!).

Charez Golvala     11-Mar-2003 at 00:47

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Great title! It just say it all.

Federico Spinola     11-Mar-2003 at 00:53

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I forgot... why don't You try to crop the image (just the head or the torso and the seagull). Perhaps it would be... more 'centered'?

Federico Spinola     11-Mar-2003 at 00:55

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Have you tried Vuescan software?

the Vuescan software only cost $40 and seems to pull a lot of detail out. You can download a free trial version at www.hamrick.com It works for both flat bed and film scanners. If you are using a flat bed scanner, you will be stuck with even less tonal range than is in the print, which starts of low anyway. However, the photo stands on it's own as it is. Nicely done.

Bob Michaels     12-Mar-2003 at 20:35

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expressive . .

Peter your sense of photo-homor is not lost upon me.

Jerome Belthrop     12-Mar-2003 at 22:15

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the bird is cool nice humor. the bald sky doesnt help. maybe shoot a bit closer to show less of the blank sky.

Robert Bellin     24-Sep-2010 at 00:04

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