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This was taken at a Civil War re-enactment in November 2000, using TCN 400 and a Spotmatic with 135mm lense. THis is my first attempt at b&w with this film. I scanned it in on a flatbed scanner and converted to greyscale so as to eliminate the green tint on the prints. I am thinking about having it reprinted on B&W paper. Any input or comments , on all aspects of this photo, would be appreciated. Gordon

-- Gordon Mosher (gwmosher@i-55.com), January 10, 2001

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If Matthew Brady had had photoshop-

Some cropping, some duo-tone tinting, and a "craquelure" texture.... oh yes, and cloning some woods into the upper left burned out area.... Obviously a slow day here....

If you have it printed, you should tell them to crop it like this, stain or tone it like this, but then there are those overexposed areas, they need to be burned in- it really is a job for photoshop....

But its a nice shot, and I do like that film myself- don't give up on it- that sun was just too bright over their shoulders..... you can't always get what you want... but if you try sometimes... oh, you know....



-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), January 10, 2001.

If you want a period look, just use ISO 25 film with a 3x neutral density filter at f16, and pose your subjects accordingly for the minute-long exposures!

-- John Kantor (jkantor@mindspring.com), January 10, 2001.

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