salvageable?

JonMikal · Oct 13, 2005

this is one of my first shots from 1978 with my minolta srt-100

i found the negative tonight in a drawer and immediately scanned it. i was saddened when i saw the result..i misplaced it years ago, hence the scratches and all. is there a way to repair the negative or a print? i always liked this shot.

i also found a bunch of IR color slides that i haven't scanned yet. hope they turn out better than this.

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Nikon Fan · Oct 13, 2005

I would think it would take some cloning work...but doesn't look terribly hard...just time consuming, but I bet it can be salvaged...

Raymond J Barlow · Oct 13, 2005

well, you knew i was going to have a crack at it!! nice shot!

ShutteredEye · Oct 13, 2005

eromallagadnama said:
I would think it would take some cloning work...but doesn't look terribly hard...just time consuming, but I bet it can be salvaged...

My thoughts exactly.

LaFoto · Oct 14, 2005

Well, the answer's been given already by Raymond! Great work. To be said about both of you...

... so you undug your photos taken ages ago? I should start digging some, too. I know there's a box of slides taken by me with my Rollei35 (that was the first "real" camera I ever had and I got it in 1973, I would think, when I was 13) in 1975 in the course of a five-day-school excursion. Some photos are surprisingly ok, if I remember right ...

JonMikal · Oct 14, 2005

wow, thanks Raymond. maybe i could send you the large file?

Jeff/fotog · Oct 14, 2005

You stinker Raymond Barlow, you beat me to it!

Of course, IR is sooo unpredictable that you never know what in the world you are going to wind up with as a negative.

But now you're all set with a great image, thanks to Raymond.

www.jefferyraymond.com

Raymond J Barlow · Oct 14, 2005

sure Jon, I would be happy to work on it for you., cloning is quite easy.

photogoddess · Oct 16, 2005

Something to try out. Sounds gross but I swear it works.... an old darkroom trick for scratched negs is to wipe the side of your nose with your finger and smear the skin oil on the emulsion side of the neg. Just wipe evenly then print. Not sure how it works when you scan things but it worked on all but the worst scratches when I printed either in a darkroom or with a machine. It might save you a bit of PS time and it's free thanks to mother nature. :lol:

Oh.... by the way. Make sure you clean the neg afterwards. You don't want to leave your skin oils on it.

JonMikal · Oct 16, 2005

thanks Tammy! i'll give it a go.

ksmattfish · Oct 17, 2005

If you print this in the traditional manner, and nose grease doesn't work, the scratches, dust, etc... can be spotted out of the print.

bluesaphyer · Oct 17, 2005

photogoddess said:
Sounds gross but I swear it works.... an old darkroom trick for scratched negs is to wipe the side of your nose with your finger and smear the skin oil on the emulsion side of the neg.

This also works well for scratched CDs and DVDs.

Julie