Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Another MM portrait
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:03:39 -0400

If it was easy it would be no fun.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:18:37 +0930
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another MM portrait
> 
> I don't doubt that both the software and I will improve, but the
> camera has its own tonality, and fighting it makes no sense to me.
> 
> Marty
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
>> Well you can make it look like whatever you want it to look like with or
>> without additional software and a month or a year later tweak it to you
>> satisfaction. Also a year from now you'll be better at it.  Its a goldmine
>> for our work the new cameras just out now from Leica. Goodness knows we've
>> waited long enough.
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:17:19 +0930
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another MM portrait
>>> 
>>> Thanks Mark, I'm contemplating those borders.
>>> 
>>> I have been adjusting most of my MM shots to look like Agfa film in
>>> Rodinal or Beutlers on Brovira or Portrig (but without the nasty
>>> greeny-browns I always fought against with that paper).  There is a
>>> sentimental side of me that would prefer them to look like Plus-X or
>>> medium format Tri-X in D75 1+1 on Elite or the original Galerie, but
>>> other than in exceptional light the files are less amenable to that
>>> look, and can start to appear to have a strange, unnatural tonality if
>>> forced.  This look is lovely, and the camera does it easily, so I'm
>>> happy with it.  Like attempting to use HC110 and Tri-X Pro, if
>>> something doesn't work, I don't care what people (or their heroes)
>>> tell me, I just don't do it.
>>> 
>>> Plenty more soon.
>>> 
>>> Later,
>>> 
>>> Marty
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Tonality is amazingly impressive Looks like Agfapan 25 in Beutlers 
>>>> printed
>>>> on Agfa Brovira fiber with Dektol 1:1 I love everything about it 
>>>> including
>>>> the landscape mode take on the composition, excellent use of selective
>>>> focus
>>>> and most of all attitude of the subject...  except the borders which 
>>>> look
>>>> fakey. (cartoonish) but even if done well I'd not like.  I'd take those 
>>>> out
>>>> for sure.
>>>> Congrats on you MM it looks like you are putting it to great use.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>> Photography
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:12:05 -0700
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another MM portrait
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marty Deveney SHOWED:
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Another MM portrait
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> My friend S has a beautiful daughter, S jr, who is 4 and is now a most
>>>>>> cooperative model.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/MM/S-jr.jpg.html  75
>>>>>> Summilux,
>>>>>> MM.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Marty,
>>>>> Very nice! But why not shoot her vertically?
>>>>> 
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> Dr. ted  :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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