[Leica] Williamsburg

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I think there are more than a few of us who tried to get the "look" of
chemical photos.  The two silver papers I used most were Oriental (Seagull
and warmtone) and Portriga (warmtone).  These papers were always selenium
toned, or sometimes gold toned.  Most of my printing was platinum/palladium.
I learned early on that I could simulate a palladium "tone" on matte paper,
and, behind glass, it was pretty effective.  Fun stuff used with a light
touch.  Really nice images, BTW.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Harrison McClary
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:26 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Williamsburg
> 
> Ted,
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> 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.
> 
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> Ted Grant wrote:
> > Harrison McClary showed:
> > Subject: [Leica] Williamsburg
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> >>>>> A few weeks ago when I posted my Williamsburg photos someone, Hoppy
> I
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> > think it was, suggested they may look good in a warm tone look.  I just
> > uploaded the photos with the warm tone:
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> > http://mcclary.zenfolio.com/f753905414/
> > <http://mcclary.zenfolio.com/f753905414/%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c%3c>
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> > Harrison,
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> > 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.
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> > 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?
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> > 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?
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> > 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!
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> > ted
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