Digital editing of chromes (slides)
Photographers affectionately refer to slide film as chrome, as in Ektachrome, Kodachrome, etc. Chromes produce very high contrast and full color saturation, a look that many like. This photo had flaring of the lens from the sun. Digitally I was able to edit it out, and save what I have always thought was just a nice picture, that gives some sense of being on the boat. It was taken during a single handed voyage back in 1992. Now I have an Epson Perfection 2450 scanner that can scan transparencies, so I decided to edit it. While trying different editing options in Gimp (Linux photo editor) I found “threshold”. This created a black white high contrast image with an adjustable threshold. I liked this happy accident too.
