Garbz
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I've taken these pictures with standard Kodak B&W 400 and then scanned them in on a nasty scanner. Levels were adjusted to compensate for the dodgy scanner, and then one was saved.
Now this other one was then converted to duo colour and some red/brown tints selected. The dark tone had it's curves adjusted to lighten the background, this also brought out scanner noise which I feel adds to the image a bit. On top of that I then added a very slight noise jsut to give it a more uniform old feel not just thoes scanner lines in the shadows.
Now the question is this. Does the extra sepia tone add a bit to the oldfeel i'm trying to achieve. The turntable is actually very new and modern so I'm trying to photograph something and give it a bit of a retro feel. I get the feeling bringing out the noise is a bit much, but without it it just looks a bit clean and the sepia tone gets wasted. Also as far as contrast goes should the shaddows be brought out like that?
Now this other one was then converted to duo colour and some red/brown tints selected. The dark tone had it's curves adjusted to lighten the background, this also brought out scanner noise which I feel adds to the image a bit. On top of that I then added a very slight noise jsut to give it a more uniform old feel not just thoes scanner lines in the shadows.
Now the question is this. Does the extra sepia tone add a bit to the oldfeel i'm trying to achieve. The turntable is actually very new and modern so I'm trying to photograph something and give it a bit of a retro feel. I get the feeling bringing out the noise is a bit much, but without it it just looks a bit clean and the sepia tone gets wasted. Also as far as contrast goes should the shaddows be brought out like that?