Black and White sinking photos

Capt. Morgan · 07-14-10, 10:03 PM

Just tried doing one of these last night

(Kiturin Maru, sunk at 07:30, Dec. 11th, 1942, Bismark Sea)

Used The Gimp, [www.gimp.org] with the "double HSV film grain" script, then blured it a bit. First time I've used that script so I still have to do a lot of playing around with it before I can get it to look like grainy/contrasty film.

Most Periscope shots I've seen from that era were pretty poor looking. I read somewhere that the head served as the darkroom. Probably hotter than hades in there so I assume the films would tend to be over-developed. ISO 200 was considered super fast film at that time.

07-14-10, 10:03 PM	#2
Capt. Morgan Commander Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Just east of the west coast. Posts: 463 Downloads: 423 Uploads: 0	Just tried doing one of these last night (Kiturin Maru, sunk at 07:30, Dec. 11th, 1942, Bismark Sea) Used The Gimp, [www.gimp.org] with the "double HSV film grain" script, then blured it a bit. First time I've used that script so I still have to do a lot of playing around with it before I can get it to look like grainy/contrasty film. Most Periscope shots I've seen from that era were pretty poor looking. I read somewhere that the head served as the darkroom. Probably hotter than hades in there so I assume the films would tend to be over-developed. ISO 200 was considered super fast film at that time. __________________ There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. -- Admiral William Halsey Last edited by Capt. Morgan; 07-14-10 at 10:34 PM.