Re: 489 in Green 1950

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> I like the first picture - a narrow gauge train
> with snowy mountains in the background,
> that is just about perfect.


Just about, indeed, Olaf -

Even closer to perfect, IMHO, is when good ol' Kodachrome's weakness in rendering green is attacked by PhotoShop Elements 10's "Autofix" feature:


. . . and then the overall warmth corrected by using the mid-tone "Levels" tool to get the smokebox to a neutral gray.  IMHO, the sky looks more realistic as well:


IMHO, even these quick-and-dirty fixes – less than 5 minutes each – also help the second photo.  First AutoFix at 100%:


. . . and then the overall magenta tone corrected by again using "Levels" to adjust the smokebox to a neutral grey:


I'm just an amateur playing with the poor-man's PS Elements 10 that came free with a flatbed scanner years ago.*   Imagine what a pro like Scott Turner could do using full-on PhotoShop (or LightRoom), especially if he could start with a fresh scan from the original slide!!

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

*  I tried Elements 13, and didn't like it AT ALL.  IIRC, it was a bit of a pain to completely remove E-13 and re-install E-10, but I'm glad I did it.   (I think Adobe started deliberately weakening Elements by removing features because it was cutting into their sales of full-on PhotoShop.)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2020 03:27PM by Russo Loco.