People - The Fabric of Life

[Nosh]

Hi all,

Have put up a gallery of some of my "People" shots from my travels in India. These were all shot on transparency, and I have scanned them using a flatbed scanner. Im sure if scanned using a drum scanner the results will be much crisper. However nothing beats viewing them through a slide projecter.

Will have a Landscape gallery up shortly as well.

Nosh.

http://nosh1776.fotopic.net/c409368.html

[sirhc55]

Nosh - some great shots especially the man and dog sleeping on the wall. I agree with drum scanning these would have been much better but not to bad anyway.

Chris

[Onyx]

Excellent pics Nosh. Obviously a D70 can't take slides, what camera did you use?

[Nosh]

Thanks Onyx,

These pictures were taken with a Nikon F3 and FM3A bodies. They were taken mostly early in the morning, or later in the evening, waiting for the correct light.

Lenses used 50mm, 105mm, 200mm all Nikkor. All the shots were hand held using available lighting.

Nosh.

[jdear]

very nice images!
What transparency film were you using? Id be curious to see how they would scan in with a film scanner. Particularly like #6, #9, #15 and #17.

well done and thanks for sharing!
JD

[Nosh]

Hi JD,

I have used Kodachrome for most of the slides, and Fuji Velvia for a few of the landscapes. There is a constant debate about which to use, likes and dislikes, but personally I feel it is more about the mood im trying to create and go with what I feel will suit that best. Ofcourse that also means carrying along 2 camera bodies, but it is well worth it.

Will probably carry just slide film in one of my cameras when I get the D70 though.

Nosh.

[genji]

nosh

beautiful images, i like them because they are similiar the images i took when i travelled to vietnam.

have you tried a dedicated transparency/negative scanner like the nikon coolscans?

They yield great results. i rent them from kayell in victoria, i believe they have a store in sydney.

genji

[Nosh]

Hi genji,

No I have not tried the dedicated transparency/negative scanner. Do they also scan with the slides mounted, or will I have to remove them from the mounts, something Im not sure I want to do.

Kayell has a store in Sydney which is quite close to the place I work actually. Thanks for the tip I will give them a call to find out.

Nosh.

[genji]

Hi genji,

No I have not tried the dedicated transparency/negative scanner. Do they also scan with the slides mounted, or will I have to remove them from the mounts, something Im not sure I want to do.

Kayell has a store in Sydney which is quite close to the place I work actually. Thanks for the tip I will give them a call to find out.

Nosh.

yeah they a dedicated slide compartment/aperatus that house the silde. Go for the Firewire option where available..thats if u hace firewire on your comp. UBS is way too slow.

I have some photos from my trip to japan from 5 years ago from negatives, just waiting for my lazy ass to get around to it.

[Nosh]

Hi Genji,

Yep, have a firewire connection on my computer use it to do a lot of video work, so that should not be a problem. Will surely look into it.

Nosh.

[stubbsy]

Nosh.

I've looked at both these and your Himalaya lanscape shots. You have a fantastic eye and use light beautifully.

I can't wait to see what you can get out of the D70 when you get your hands on one.

Thanks for posting and sharing.

[Nosh]

Hi Stubbsy,

Im not comparing a point and shoot Canon to the D70, but I do find that shooting for digital is very similar to shooting with transparency. You do shoot for the highlights. With the Canon A85, I find it does not capture the shadow detail too well. I am sure the D70 would have no problem with that.

Nosh.

[W00DY]

You do shoot for the highlights.

Nosh.

Nosh,

Can you please elaborate more on this.

Do you mean you expose for the highlights therefore making the shadows underexposed (and then bring them out later in PP)

W00DY

[Nosh]

Hi Woody,

That is correct for digital. If you shoot/expose for the highlights, as long as you know that you can still get the details in the shodow areas in PP, you ensure atleast you are not blowing out your image and getting hotspots.

For slides it is a bit different as it is an "analogue" medium and tends to be a bit more forgiving before you have an overexposed spot. Also to get the shot just right, you would have to bracket your pics.

If you have an over exposed image, there is no way you can get any detail in the over exposed areas, so if you are going to err, it is better to do so on the "under" side.

A quick and dirty tip for bringing up an under exposed image in Photoshop is that you copy your layer onto a new layer and change the blending mode for the new layer to "screen". This will bring up your image. If you find that you need to bring it up even more, paste again onto another layer and change the blending to screen again. Then use the eraser on the "screen layers" to erase the over exposed bits, to reveal the properly exposed layer which you shot in the first place. Once again, there are lots of ways to PP an image. You need to do what works best for you and the image.

Feel free to ask any questions, if I can answer, I will.

Cheers,
Nosh.