Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I do agree with you and that is probably why I seldom use the sepia look However I will say that the tone I used on these photos, when printed on the Ilford Gold Fibre Silk paper, yields a result very similar to what I used to get on Agfa Warmtone B&W papers. Not a sepia look at all, just a nice light warm look. No where as much as it appears on the screen. Ted Grant wrote: > Harrison McClary showed: > Subject: [Leica] Williamsburg > > > > >>>>> A few weeks ago when I posted my Williamsburg photos someone, Hoppy I >>>>> > > think it was, suggested they may look good in a warm tone look. I just > uploaded the photos with the warm tone: > > http://mcclary.zenfolio.com/f753905414/ > <http://mcclary.zenfolio.com/f753905414/%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c> > <<<<<<<<< > > > > > > Harrison, > > Interesting effect without question. However, anytime I see this "warm old > time photo sepia look" making modern day photos look like "old time images" > they never do what a real image of the time looks like. > > Maybe it's because the modern day lenses and film or digi cards don't > create > the sort of "old time "un-sharpness" we see in pictures from the 1800's and > 1900's? > > I suppose it's just me in this relationship when sepia tone is added to > modern images. But maybe there's away to "soften?" or give the image a kind > of "glow" along with the sepia effect to the modern day image to make the > toning and recorded image look very much old time? > > Just a passing thought. The comments have nothing to do with the quality of > the recorded moments as they're all fine as usual when you do your thing! > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog