Krutopimages is now importing scans
Hi All,
I'm beginning to introduce images I've captured years ago, during my news and travelling escapades, sport ....a couple of problems occurred to me.
1-These images are either black and white negatives or colour transparencies.
2 -How am I going to get them scanned to a terrific quality without outsourcing?
My wife is an illustrator and uses a Epson perfection V700 for her scans for reference etc. I thought I might give scanning a try with this first. I was incredibly surprised with the great results....I scanned Black and white negs using the film holders at 2400dpi and utilising the "ICE" software built in to the unit resulting in quality scans cropped and resized to 300dpi 15inch images!! I import each image into photoshop and cleanup anything I need to. The colour transparencies I have scanned on the same setting but using a slide holder with room to scan 12 mounted transparencies at run in the positive film setting.....fabulous!
Using this scanner has allowed me another range of images -dating back to the 70's!
Gary Ablett was a star and sensational player...this image won me the 4th best sporting image in the world awarded by Adidas. Anton Senna one of the greatest ever 'Formula One' car racing drivers -was killed during a race......Check out my images in Sports and generic -it's a Gallery I am updating constantly
Village Elders in Rajasthan India- the elders look after the children as parents work in the fields....an image I captured back in 1988 overseas for aid abroad. This image of a miner in Australia's first Uranium mine...I was the first photographer to go into the huge Roxby Downs mine in South Australia....the image is very grainy as it was taken at 2000ASA handheld for two seconds...the light source had to be ambient with the aid of 3 miners lamps on helmets. I'm enjoying going through my images and surprised by the resulting scans.
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Let's think about what's happening all around us.....I for one do now second guess my decisions, as I'm sure many of you would too? Many lines have been lost the cost and sadness involved with so many businesses & families is unfathomable. I am sick and tired of people telling me how I'm a gullible fool for heeding the government directives...."in the end we'll all get the dreaded disease"!
So many bad vibes on social media, it's no wonder the vocal minority win in the end, so many people afraid to actually say what they think and not fearing a troll type reprisal....it's supposed to be a free country!!
