Let's All Print (or Maybe Scan) One Negative 2025

[nikos79]

Here is mine too. Stayed close to the original as possible and just highlighted parts of interest. Done in Lightroom with the scanned one.

 

[cowanw]

The technical details are great and the three we see show some wonderful interpretations. I wonder if posters could add a bit of their mental process, what took them from negative to end product, why they enhanced some part or cropped some other?

 

[gary mulder]

I have made some bromoil prints. This one I thought was the nicest. Fiberbase paper. 6 X 10”

 

[nikos79]

The technical details are great and the three we see show some wonderful interpretations. I wonder if posters could add a bit of their mental process, what took them from negative to end product, why they enhanced some part or cropped some other?

My idea was to bring as much clarity as possible to the main theme which was the store and the cars. Tried also to selectively enhance the contrast there. The sky was the most tricky part to keep untouched that is why selective masking worked well. My mental process was pure and straight depiction, show everything as clear as possible try to faithfully describe the store, and let the viewer come with any associations.

 

[jeffreyg]

Enjoyed the posts nice work. Here's mine:

 

[nikos79]

Enjoyed the posts nice work. Here's mine:
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Awesome! What did you mean by "change the sky with clouds" ?

 

[jeffreyg]

I changed the sky with Photoshop. I have a library of sky photos. Some come with Photoshop and I add to it with my own. If I see an interesting cloud formation I photograph it and add to the library. Photoshop has a “replace sky “ feature that works pretty well and can be tweaked if needed.

 

[Anon Ymous]

Well, since others have posted more than one photo, I'll do so too. Here's my process and results:

At first I did some basic level and curves adjustments, nothing fancy, things that could have been done in the darkroom. Then some spotting to remove scratches and dust and it was almost done. I then had some thoughts about isolating things in the frame, or altering the aspect ratio, or leaving it as is. In the end I found the cinemascope aspect ratio complemented the scene nicely IMHO, it almost looks as a still from a movie. Then I went one step further and isolated the two cars in the square frame: