You can see the algorythm applied navigating with the mouse inside the two synchronizated versions
Pietro Negroni. Assunzione della vergine. Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, Palazzo Arnone
ALCE with radius 200 at 75% opacity +12 saturation on the ALCE layer - Original resolution. 7210 by 5410 pix - No masking layer.
I lightened this painting with two Elinchrom Flashes using the technique of cross-polarization. Then I saved the file in Flexcolor, Hasselblad's proprietary software with the option "Reproduction Mode" who deliver a stunning tonal range of tones and colors.
Camera: Hasselblad H2 with CF528-39 digital back, Lens: Zoom HC 120 Macro,f/11, ISO 50. Lighting: Elinchrom Flash with cross-polarization saved in Reproduction Mode.
A simple yet powerful Photoshop tool to effectively boost the local contrast of an image, by means of a smart algorithm which avoids the clipping issues typical of methods like shadows/highlights. The user interface is simple and clean, with just one slider, allowing the user to customize the effect in a straightforward way.
In 2000 Imacon, now Hasselblad, created a new proprietary format for the Imacon scanners, the Flexible File Format or fff. 3F has determined the biggest revolution in the field of original analog scanning since the introduction of the drum scanner.
First of all forgive us the word play, which might come off as presumptuous. However, we felt like we came up with something that perfectly summarizes our philosophy in this arena by uniting the concepts of high resolution and quality reproduction.