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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer,  Technique,  Travels

    DSLR film scanning: episode three

    January 24, 2023 /

    This is, by far, the most pleasing result I have ever had from digitising a film negative with a DSLR.Contrary to many suggestions found on Youtube, I did not invert the negative RAW curve by tweaking the Master RGB option. I did it, instead, channel-bychannel minding each clipping point. This approach allowed for a better reproduction of the grey tones, and in the end a fair result.

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    August 30, 2013

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    July 27, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Gear,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023 /

    Still trying.I digitised the negative with a Pentax K-1 and the FA 100 2.8 Macro lens using the JJC clone of Nikon ES-2. Postproduction is done in Pixelmator Pro. I used a Nikon 35TI and a Kodak BW400CN to take the original photo. Strangely enough, the JJC does not allow a 1:1 ratio with the Micro Nikkor 60 2.8.The instructions advise to mount the 62mm to 52mm step-down ring, the #2 52mm barrel-shaped tube and finally the film holder. These instructions are clearly wrong, as it is not possible to get 1:1 magnification with this setup.So I removed the tube and mounted the film carrier directly on the 62mm to…

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    January 8, 2020

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    March 27, 2021

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    October 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016 /

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    May 21, 2013

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016 /

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    December 22, 2012

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    August 11, 2013

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    November 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Vasa’s Ghost

    July 11, 2016 /

    Photographing in museums is always a challenge — a careful dance between respecting the subject, working within strict lighting conditions, and negotiating the inevitable glass barriers. This image, taken in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, is an excellent example of how those constraints can actually contribute to a picture’s mood rather than hinder it. The subject — a centuries-old skull — sits isolated against a dark, glittering background, its ochre tones warm against the cold, almost cosmic speckling that surrounds it. The lighting, subdued yet precise, falls in a way that enhances the contours of the cranium, the hollowed sockets, and the jagged remnants of teeth. The reflections — likely…

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    November 30, 2019

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    July 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Stockholm,  Summer,  Visual

    Even

    July 9, 2016 /

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    July 4, 2023

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    May 29, 2014

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    April 21, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Shops,  Stockholm,  Winter

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016 /

    At night in Stockholm, when shop windows become small stages and the city quiets enough, interiors to speak outward. The mannequin stands alone, dressed in white, suspended between the street and the room behind it. There is no reflection of passers-by, no movement intruding — only the slow, deliberate stillness of fabric and objects. The dress is light, almost ceremonial, while the surrounding space is heavy with material: stacked books, dark wood, layered garments, textured rugs. The shop feels less like a retail space than a private archive, somewhere between wardrobe and memory.

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    February 1, 2013

    5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

    June 20, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016 /

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  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016 /

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  • Daily photo,  Docks,  Lines,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Under The Bridge

    June 27, 2016 /

    Thank to its architecture, Stockholm is a very good place to shoot modern pictures. ストックホルムは現代の写真を撮るには良い場所です

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    April 25, 2015

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    October 19, 2016

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    February 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Stockholm

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016 /

    Taking royal sentries pictures is usually useless because all the pictures look alike, unless something happens that gives the composition a new life. この写真は、スウェーデン王宮のセンチネルを示しています. しばしば退屈です. しかし、別の何かを追加することにより、 写真は新しい人生を取得します

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