Well Mr. Talbot thank you for your review. Yes, it is a scan of a print. Yes, the film was outdated for... 14 years. And yes, the lens in that beautiful little Kodak Brownie reflex was like the bottom of a Coke bottle. The light was going away and the film was overdeveloped by 2 stops. The combination of these factors explains the high contrast and the lack of sharpness. What could we expect? Nevertheless I like this photo as an exercise of love for conventional B&W photography and use of old and humble equipments. I always show it to my students. I don't know if I shoot this picture with my F5 or D100 I would like it so much. Thanks again, JL > Jose Luis Vasconcellos - > Old film an explanation for the poor technical quality or is this a > scan of a print. > It looks a simple enough scene: the child has "room to move" but sadly > her shadow has already left the picture. That I noticed means it may > have mattered to my eye. > The image as shown though is either unsharp, blurred or simply too > grainy to tell. The ultra high contrast - well, actually it's not > clipped but it seems that way. There is no detail in the girl's dress > but it's not PhotoShop white. Nor in the shadow on her face but it's > not PS black either. I suspect a print scanned. > > Can't appreciate it as shown I'm afraid.
