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Post by WY Man on Aug 12, 2009 23:52:08 GMT -6
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Post by bc on Aug 13, 2009 8:28:05 GMT -6
Wy man, will it do anything for the 1877-79 photos?
bc
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Post by WY Man on Aug 15, 2009 13:01:51 GMT -6
BC, your question is interesting. I thought I would try an experiment with one of my old, faded photos. It is a photo of four Kiowa men titled, "Lone Wolf with his council men." The man Lone Wolf is seated on the right, and he was the adopted son of the old Kiowa war chief, Lone Wolf. He is also called Mamadayte sometimes. The photo is ca. 1910, I am guessing. The first photo below is a scan of the photo, with no adjustments or modifications. This is very close to how the photo appears to the naked eye. I also scanned the photo for an over exposure, and an under exposure. These are not shown. The three exposures were post processed in the HDR program for a basic composite, without any enhancement, and resulted in the photo at the bottom. Overall, I don't see that there is a significant improvement that could not have been obtained with a standard post process and a single scan. But, it would be interesting to see the results of HDR on one of the Fouch or Morrow photos of the battlefield.
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Post by bc on Aug 15, 2009 21:33:15 GMT -6
It's a start. I was just wondering if there is a way through your method, colorization, etc. to maybe make the marker stakes, bones, and other objects stand out better.
bc
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Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 16, 2009 12:50:03 GMT -6
WY Man, the photos are stunning! Please tell me more about the process.
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Post by WY Man on Aug 17, 2009 9:17:50 GMT -6
The process HDR (high dynamic range) involves taking three (or more) photos of a single subject, in which one photo is exposed for the mid-range tones, one for the shadow tones, and one for the high light tones. The photos are then "sandwiched" together in a program for HDR processing. I use Photomatix Pro 3. You can read more about the program, and see it in use, here. www.hdrsoft.com/resources/video.html
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Post by princesstori on Aug 17, 2009 9:37:02 GMT -6
amazing!!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 31, 2009 20:02:14 GMT -6
Thanks very much for the explanation and link.
Diane
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:38:53 GMT -6
Yesterday I visited the Little Bighorn. I've always wanted to see it in the snow. There was snow, but not much. Anyway, it was beautiful, and I'm posting some photos that I took. Hope you all have a happy New Years! Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:40:57 GMT -6
Reno Hilltop Monument Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:42:40 GMT -6
The Reno hilltop hospital location Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:44:01 GMT -6
White Swan Library and Archives Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:46:07 GMT -6
Some of these look like I was in the enclosed part of the monument, but I wasn't. I was outside the fence with a 400 mm telephoto lens. Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:47:20 GMT -6
Some of these look like I was in the enclosed part of the monument, but I wasn't. I was outside the fence with a 400 mm telephoto lens. Attachments:
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Post by WY Man on Dec 29, 2009 23:49:05 GMT -6
Keogh's position. Attachments:
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