Kevin Bresnahan Posted Tuesday at 10:45 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 10:45 AM 3 hours ago, jazzbo said: I find it weird to see a rare old photo like this with all of those imperfections. Those things are fairly easy to fix these days, often through the use of tools that will do it almost automatic. I get that the original should stay original, but there's no need to keep it that way in the digital domain. Quote
jazzbo Posted Tuesday at 12:48 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 12:48 PM IMO it's best to leave the originals alone. Just my take in this world of "what is real" I'd like to see what's real be really real. Quote
JSngry Posted Tuesday at 02:33 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 02:33 PM That's the cover photo for the upcoming Bill Barron Mosaic. Quote
Gheorghe Posted yesterday at 11:00 AM Report Posted yesterday at 11:00 AM On 1/21/2025 at 7:57 AM, jazzbo said: Looks like a great bebop gig, groovy joint I suppose, but to have to play so near to the Shithouse.....😜 I mean, you got to head on and blow, but if someone from the audience has done his fiziologic necessities and opens the door and it stinks ? Terrible thing to imagine. Quote
mikeweil Posted yesterday at 11:44 AM Report Posted yesterday at 11:44 AM 22 hours ago, jazzbo said: IMO it's best to leave the originals alone. Just my take in this world of "what is real" I'd like to see what's real be really real. The untreated original somehow catches the spirit more, like a time capsule, IMO. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted yesterday at 07:34 PM Report Posted yesterday at 07:34 PM On 1/21/2025 at 7:48 AM, jazzbo said: IMO it's best to leave the originals alone. Just my take in this world of "what is real" I'd like to see what's real be really real. as an archivist I agree in most instances, unless clarification of said image is necessary to aid in research purposes. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago 16 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: as an archivist I agree in most instances, unless clarification of said image is necessary to aid in research purposes. As I said in my comment, I agree that original prints should always be left in their original state. However, once digitized, it's fairly easy these days to fix minor problems like those folds and bring out more detail with some judicious use of contrast. To be honest, it looks like whoever scanned this originally didn't do a great job with the contrast settings, so at least in this instance, some tweaking would almost be welcomed. I don't really understand the thinking about this either. We have thousands of pages of posts here on the forums discussing which hard copy of musical performances sound the best. None of us want to play scratched up 78s to listen our music. This is the same thing. Just like judicious use of EQ, noise reduction, de-clickers etc. improves the sound of the music we play, some cleaning up of original photographs can do wonders to improve our enjoyment of the photo. Quote
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