This was taken with Fuji Provia 100F bertween 10 and in 11 in the morning. The weather was very sunny and a bit hazy.
Now, while the aircraft itself is good, I have lots of problems with the sky, which turns out very dark on the scans (scanned with Vuescan).
As the rest of the scan is ok (at least in my opinion), I assume that the color must be too dark on the slide itself.
Now, what do you do under such conditions? Is there any Filter, which might help here? In some books, they talk about sky filters and such things. Any input on this?
Thanks and kind regards
Gerardo
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Staffan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (11 years 8 months 6 hours ago) and read 1141 times:
Nice pic!
I think the sky looks ok. I always use a 1A skylight filter, it softens the colors, and protect the lense. If it is a very bright day I'll use a polarizer on top of the 1A, because it makes the colors go darker and not so washed out.
IMO you don't need to change anything, but if you do, I'd suggest brightening the photo in photoshop, you could select just the sky and adjust it to look better.
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 529 posts, RR: 18 Reply 2, posted (11 years 8 months 6 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
Wonderful though Vuescan is, it is not perfect, and it might be the contrast in the slide is beyond the parameters which Vuescan can cope with while using "shite point" or "auto balance" settings. With high contrats slides I prefer to scan with neutral settings, and then make any necessary adjustments post scan.
Gerardo From Spain, joined May 2000, 3480 posts, RR: 34 Reply 3, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1105 times:
Staffan, does the 1A skylight filter change the colors in any way? And how much f-stops will cost that?
Colin, I prefer Vuescan in about 80% of the times, but sometimes the original Minolta scan software brings better results. BUt what do you mean with "neutral settings"? Do you make a raw scan in that case?
Thanks for the answers so far.
Gerardo
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Staffan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1095 times:
The 1A will soften the colors a little, and take away the blueish tone that a white surface would get from the UV light. Don't think it affects the aperture.
A380-200 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1084 times:
Hi Gerardo,
If you feel you only want to brighten the darker areas, try increasing the gamma setting (in Vuescan) to something above 2.2.
I use 2.2 pretty much all the time (brightness 1.3) for KR64 and this works great...but to brighten darker areas when the aircraft is already well lit I might take the gamma up to 2.6 or even 2.8.
Using the "Preview Mem" feature of Vuescan this is quick to test...so experiment and see what works for the shot.
AndyEastMids From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 996 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1075 times:
Every time I read an update on this thread, I keep wondering what the problem is with the sky on this pic. Personally, I'd far rather have a nice blue sky than a washed out white one - indeed, if the circumstances were right, I'd even add a polariser to deepen the blue in a sky.
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 529 posts, RR: 18 Reply 8, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1061 times:
Gerardo - under the "colour" tab in Vuescan there are a range of setting which determine how the scan exposure is made ... normally I would use "auto balance" or "white balance", but with contrasty slides, the "neutral" or even "none" settings seem to give a better result ... often too flat for normal slides though.
If the color tab means nothing to you, perhaps you have an old version of Vuescan - the controls have been re-organised in more recent releases. I think I'm on 7.1.12
Gerardo From Spain, joined May 2000, 3480 posts, RR: 34 Reply 9, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1039 times:
Yiehaa! Thanks very much for the answers so far.
Andy, the proble I have with the sky, is, that it isn't as blue as I saw it with my eyes. On that pic, I already manipulated the sky a little bit. The first scan showed a snow white fuselage, but a dark sky between dark blue and grey. I have such pics often when I shoot under those weather conditions, that's why I asked, if the pro's here know, what to do.
Garry, it is maybe a personal thing, but I prefer the beautiful, really blue skies, you know, the "caribbean holiday" ones . The haze just gives a dark background as a result.
Dean and Colin, thanks very much for the hints about Vuescan. I still have some slides of that same day to scan. Let's see, what happens.
Regards
Gerardo
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