Author: -N-

Looking Toward Spruce Tree House

Looking Toward Spruce Tree House (1 of 1)

I am still going through the pictures I took during our stay in the Four Corners area and our visit to Mesa Verde National Park.  The colors of the high desert, combined with the sudden appearance of a cliff dwelling, are breath-taking.  As you descend toward the Spruce Tree House, glimpses are caught here and there.

Can you imagine the surprise of seeing these buildings tucked underneath a sheer cliff, with no apparent access?  Trees above, canyon below, with only ropes and ladders and narrow paths to come and go.

Crummy to Better

Trail a la Lomo - Original

This is the original photo, scanned on the Epson V600.

Trail a la Lomo

This one (above) is cleaned up using Epson Scan and Digital Ice, along with post in On1 Photo 10 and LR 6.

The one below is with the Noise / Dust and Scratch Removal in PS6.  Sadly, it softens the leaves in the trees.  I wonder if sharpening it in LR would help.

Trail a la Lomo with PS6 Dust Removal

I have been putzing around with different ways to do post processing of film . . . a lot of work, but maybe worth it for keepers.

Trail a la Lomo

Trail a la Lomo

Hmmm.  The images I get back from the photo lab are grungy.  They arrive grungy.  Using the Epson V600, I find crud everywhere.

With this picture, I moved it around on the scanner to decide if it was the neg or the scanner, and the neg won.

I cleaned the image with PEC-12, and the crud disappeared – a bit.

Then different settings in Epson Scan.  Final settings which produced acceptable results were 2400 dpi, 48 bit color, digital ice, and medium unsharp mask.  Final clean up in On1 Photo 10 and LR.  Film was Kodak Ektar 100.