I'm with Jack, the slight underexposure looks just about right to me. Very nicely done!
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 4:32:01 PM, you wrote: JD> David, JD> When you mentioned, with obvious regret, that you felt the slide was JD> 'prox one stop underexposed, I knew the exposure was going to benefit. JD> IMO, it's spot on..as the saying goes. JD> Beautiful scan of a terrific shot! JD> Use a polarizing filter? JD> Jack JD> --- David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've shown this one before [a few years ago], but I came across the >> slide again the other day while continuing my scanning project. >> >> This is the quick snap I took before getting out the medium format >> gear. I did get a 6x7 shot but the lighting had changed and the >> rainbow had faded a bit. I consider this photo to be a lucky grab >> shot and it's always been a personal favourite. >> >> http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/view.php?p=222&t=1 >> >> Unfortunately the slide is about a stop underexposed. Of all time >> times it's been scanned, this was the only time I've been really >> satisfied with the result (I'm perfectly happy with the black >> foreground but I might try cropping it later). >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Dave >> >> PS I hate scanning Velvia. >> >> http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/ >> http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ >> >> >> >> JD> __________________________________________________ JD> Do You Yahoo!? JD> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around JD> http://mail.yahoo.com

