Originally posted by WPRESTO The redone shot, for me, is a real winner. Curious about PP. Time was (I can well remember) when the original chrome had to be perfect. The only viable change was some cropping either using a mask - which looked too obvious when projected - or recopying with something like the Beselar slide duplicating rig - if you could afford one. Now it's easy to do FAR, FAR more PP with a color image than ever we could do in a darkroom with B&W, but we're tempted to complain that it's just too much time/trouble. Maybe they will eventually have a computer that can read your mind and automatically adjust files to what mind's eye intended.
My complaint isn't really the time, so much as the result. I have been taking the macro shots so close, there is only a little bit of leaves and background left and that does take away from the subject matter. I think I am going to back off a bit and try to include more of the background and leave it as photographed instead of masking it off or turning to another color. I still have quite a few of the close up photos that I have taken, but after they are used, will include more background for a change. Thanks for the extra information, my brother still uses his darkroom and produces some beautiful b/w images especially. Bob