Thanks Mark. Worked on it a bit more today bringing up the shadows just a bit and evening out the tonal transitions here and there. I’m printing 11x14s for my siblings.
> On Nov 13, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excellent portrait, Paul - very apropos for veterans day as well. > > Mark > > On 11/11/2014 2:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> This picture was taken by a U.S. Army Air Forces photographer at Turner >> Field, Georgia in 1943. My dad was a photographer at that base and a fellow >> worker shot this pic of him on 8x10 film. I have an original contact print >> on fiber paper. It’s in good shape with just a few cracks and specs here and >> there. I had tried scanning it once before but was unhappy with the results >> so I did it again today. It has a broad tonal range so it’s a bit tricky. >> Much happier with this scan. >> >> Dad was the kindest man I’ve ever known. Fortunately, he was too old for >> combat in 1943 so he worked as a photographer, first at Turner Field and >> later at the Pentagon. He probably wouldn’t have mad a very good killer, but >> he was an excellent photographer and artist. While at Turner Field he >> painted a huge mural in the chapel. His murals once decorated a number of >> Chicago residences and buildings, including the lobby of the >> long-ago-demolished Edgewater Beach Hotel. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903100&size=lg >> >> >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
