http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/ Photography forum dedicated to photo critique, photography discussion, and help on darkroom technique, analog and digital formats including raw, medium, large, and 35mm formats. Also includes equipment reviews for cameras, lenses and more. en Sun, 20 May 2012 09:54:50 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/images/catlover/misc/rss.jpg http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/ http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6922&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 04:24:21 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Other-Birds/i-3pfrBhN/0/L/IMG1933-L.jpg ]]> Wild Things icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6922 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6921&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 04:41:24 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Monument-Valley/i-hM8PRqp/0/XL/IMG2517-XL.jpg ]]> icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6921 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6920&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 04:33:57 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Monument-Valley/i-sbJvVFc/0/XL/IMG2477-XL.jpg ]]> icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6920 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6919&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 18:27:09 GMT I'm embarking on a 3-month project to restore my parents' wedding photos and then print them in a nice leather album for their 40th wedding anniversary on August 20. Problem is, these photos are in poor condition.

The only photos I have from my parents are polaroids I scanned back in 2004 as part of a separate project for my mom. I've asked my brother (who still lives nearby) to rescan those and any others he can possibly find. I was unable to find the larger 8x8 photos and have no idea where they might be (my dad was unhelpful 8 years ago ...).

When I was in New York two years ago, I scanned my dad's parents' photos from my parents' wedding, the 8x8s, on their mediocre scanner. I scanned one way and then rotated 180°, then did a min() combine in Photoshop because of the textured photographs causing saturated white pixels all over the place due to the direction of the scanner's light.

And I just got my mom's sister's only photo from her, 8x8, and just scanned that at 2400ppi on my new Epson V30 scanner.

1. So, I'm getting the photos in all mixed scan quality, and mixed preservation state.

2. They are in sore need of cleaning, which I can do manually but will take forever - are there tips to automating this? And by "cleaning" I really mean that with not only dust and scratches, but pockets of dirt all over the place.

3. The 8x8 prints are all textured, both from the original paper used and (in my aunt's case) degradation over time. I can do a median smoothing but that will remove other detail that's real that I want.

4. Colors in ALL photos are horribly faded and, being a young whipper snapper and born after a celebration of my parent's 10th anniversary, I wasn't there so don't know the original colors.


Given all this, is there a recommended workflow (I assume crop/rotate, clean, colorize?) to fixing these up? And within each step, what are the best ways to go about them (esp. cleaning and coloring)? I don't want to do this half-assed, but I also don't have 100s of hours to spend doing this at the pixel level. I can post examples if you'd like. ]]> astrostu http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6919 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6918&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:23:31 GMT Image: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Vulture-Mine/i-wmRwHgj/0/L/Vulture-pink-room-final-jpg-1000x1000.jpg ... ]]> General Gallery Fox Paw http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6918 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6917&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:38 GMT This is the nomination thread for The Beat's bi-weekly photo contest, for pictures posted on the forum from May 16-31, 2012 inclusive. Members may nominate up to three photographs posted by others during this time period. You cannot nominate your own images. If a photograph has already been nominated, please don’t nominate it again as it will already be on the list. And if you nominate a shot posted outside of the applicable time period, it will be ineligible.

To nominate a photo, please add it to this thread, and include
-the thread title from where the image was originally posted;
-the name of the photograph (if there was one posted); and
-the screen name of the photographer

On the evening of June 3, a voting poll will be added to this thread so that you can see the nominated images in the same thread as you will be voting. Voting will remain open for 4 days after the poll is posted.

In the event of a contest tie, the mods/admins will be asked if they haven't yet voted. If they haven't, they must pick between the tied images to break the tie. If all the mods/admins have already voted and there is still a tie...then they will vote again amongst themselves, on only the tied images, to declare a winner. [So in a nutshell, in the event of a tie, the mods/admins will perform the tie-breaking.]

Thanks in advance, everyone, for your participation (both nominating and voting)! ]]> Antarctican http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6917 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6916&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 23:31:09 GMT I posted a previous version of this one a little while back. It occurred to me that such an image ought to have a circular crop. Image:... I posted a previous version of this one a little while back. It occurred to me that such an image ought to have a circular crop.

]]> General Gallery Fox Paw http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6916 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6915&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 05:58:29 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/San-Francisco/i-G8Fb9mR/0/XL/mbCassellIanSF2a-XL.jpg Image:...





]]> icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6915 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6914&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 19:48:52 GMT Image: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/fredcwdoc/DSC_0183.jpg Image: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/fredcwdoc/DSC_0084.jpg Image:...



]]> General Gallery oldfireguy http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6914 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6913&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 15:51:12 GMT Hope you have a wonderful day! :cheer: Enjoy! Hope you have a wonderful day! :cheer:

Enjoy! ]]> Terri http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6913 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6912&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 05:04:35 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Herons-and-Egrets/i-B2XF5rt/0/XL/IMG3172-XL.jpg ]]> Wild Things icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6912 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6911&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 04:20:10 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Herons-and-Egrets/i-jB6MLfG/0/XL/IMG2807-XL.jpg ]]> Wild Things icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6911 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6910&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 04:11:49 GMT Image: http://icassell.smugmug.com/Other/Insects/i-wmgM2Zf/0/XL/IMG3020-XL.jpg ]]> Wild Things icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6910 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6909&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 03:56:56 GMT Actually, I think it's not a Least Sandpiper but rather a Spotted Sandpiper

]]> Wild Things icassell http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6909 http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6908&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 00:07:01 GMT Cholla blooming. A nasty plant but the blossoms are pretty. Image:... Cholla blooming. A nasty plant but the blossoms are pretty.



I'm not sure why I like this one.



It's showtime for the saguaros.



I hiked in this same area a few months ago and took this same shot, but I didn't get the composition quite right. It seems odd to have the primary element dead center, but that's where it wound up.

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