Re: filmscanners: Colors in Neutral Gray

["IronWorks" <ironworks@ameritech.net>]

Berry,

I checked the rabbit image in PhotoPaint - I see a blue rabbit sitting on a
blue rock, and the numbers agree - the RGB values on average show G as being
10 over R, and B (blue) being 20 over G and *30* over R.

When I adjust the colors for a fairly equal RGB on the rock (presumably a
neutral gray) I see a light brown or tan rabbit.

I have the 2 images saved for comparison if anyone wants to see them.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry Ives" <yvesberia@earthlink.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Colors in Neutral Gray


| on 2/26/01 9:47 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net wrote:
|
| >
| >
| > Mark Thomas wrote:
| >
| >> At 06:17 PM 26/02/01 -0800, you wrote:
| >>>> I did do the individual RGB adjustments to the best of my
| >>>> abilities.  It was fun seeing what could be done, but my result was
still
| >>>> imperfect.  Does the darkroom still rule?  Or will I eventually learn
to
| >>>> beat this problem?
| >>>>
| >>>> -Berry
| >>>
| >>> Experience will beat this problem and the darkroom most certainly does
not
| >>> rule.
| >>>
| >>> Doug Herr
| >>
| >> Is this really true?
| >> ....
| >> Note that I am not arguing with the point - I love my digital darkroom,
and
| >> have no problems with most images, but I know I have a long way to go
to
| >> really understand colour balancing, because it bites me every now and
then..
| >>
| >> Mark T.
| >
| > I can't claim to be an expert but I'm finding less reason to use
| > color-correcting
| > filters.  An example of what can be done is at:
| >
| > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/technique/bluepika.html
| >
| > Doug Herr
| > Sacramento
| > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
| >
| I looked at your images, Doug, and the background grays, some just like
the
| ones I had trouble with--beyond the depth of field and fading into the
sky--
| are certainly nice and clean.  Very nice.
|
| Can you make a few comments about your film, film format, scanner, and
image
| processing technique (e.g., 16-bit or 8-bit to Photoshop?  have you
| encountered the same problem I was referring to, etc.)
|
| Thanks,
| Berry
|