The original was hanging in the super office in the
Lincoln depot before the remodel. I believe BN took it
down to Fort Worth to archive in their art collection
. Anyone olease correct me if this is not true.
--- Ken Martin <kmartin@cwia.com> wrote:
> Randy,
>
> You earlier asked:
>
> > Renascence actually has fairly muted colors,
> rather impressionistic.
> > I've never seen the original (does it still
> exist?)
>
> I believe the original is hanging in the state
> capital in Lincoln.
>
> Ken Martin
>
>
> zephyrus@rickadee.net wrote:
> > I have uploaded a new copy of Renascence to the
> files area. It is "raw" in
> > that I have not done any color correction or
> tear/wrinkle/scratch editing.
> > I was able to make new scans of the original, and
> this is very close to the
> > real-world color (when the scanner manual says
> "don't block the calibration
> > window" it means "don't block the calibration
> window"!)
> >
> > I did some figuring, and realized that by rotating
> the original 90 degrees
> > relative to the scanner platen, there was just
> enough margin to cover the
> > image in four scans. I hand-stitched this in
> "Picture Window Pro". It is
> > about a 1/9 size of what will be the 600-dpi final
> image. I want to keep
> > the resolution high so that the printer will
> ultimately reduce it, thereby
> > effectively blending any editing artifacts. I
> have also uploaded a small
> > cropped sample of the full-resolution 600-dpi
> scan.
> >
> > I have yet to try stitching the full-resolution
> scans.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Randy
> >
> > Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,----.___________
> ______________ _________________
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> > zephyrus@rickadee.net
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> >
> >
> Renascence actually has fairly muted colors, rather
> impressionistic. I've
> never seen the original (does it still exist?) but
> from the calendar top it
> looks to me like a watercolor.
>
>
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