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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Warning...No Midtones!!
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sat Dec 9 16:10:44 2006
References: <008f01c71be4$5b80a740$2101a8c0@luispersonal>

Luis

Thank you. Most of the time I prefer a full range of tones as well. I've 
seen prints by many of the most famous shooters but the first and only 
time I saw a Cartier Bresson print made a lasting impression. Such a 
glow I could not believe.

Walt

Luis Ripoll wrote:

>I like the picture of the bridge, as well your other work, normally my
>preferences are for the pictures showing a great range of grey tones, a
>friend of mine when we discuss about photography always said me that I was a
>"grey man", your work ha a high aesthetic value, a nice work.
>
>Saludos cordiales
>Luis 
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
>Montie
>Enviado el: s?bado, 09 de diciembre de 2006 9:25
>Para: Leica Users Group
>Asunto: [Leica] IMG: Warning...No Midtones!!
>
>Well, I couldn't sleep due to a day filled with too much coffee soooooo I
>decided it might be a good time to upload some photos into the
>gallery...it's 2:50 AM eastern (at least Rabiner is probably still up).
>
>5 images from my "Antiquity" series...I'm putting these together for
>competition so critique hard if you will.
>More to follow as I get them scanned. (commercially).
>
>These images all started life as Kodachromes...all but one were projected
>printed onto 8x10 high contrast copy film and then contacted neg to pos for
>a generation or two with the finals ending up as 4x5 commercial copy negs -
>(MP3) copy camera.  Scanned into photoshop (imacon) for adding some lighting
>effects and a few middle densities.
>
><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/montoid/MONTIE16.jpg.html>
>
>Thanks for taking a peek...let me know how you feel about them.  I know
>they're a bit off the beaten track, but, what the hell.
>
>Montie
>
>P.S  I do normal photography also...on occasion ;-)
>
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