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Subject: [Leica] Another MM portrait
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:23:13 +0930
References: <CABmfTOWyoxu=rpaPGWjiSsFt0NOOwSPMbDDr+8i9UTu5MNrCug@mail.gmail.com> <CC90262B.2442B%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Then it shouldn't be any fun; this was very, no, extremely easy to
process.  My wet development and printing process was also very easy.

The camera has its own tonality, fortunately it is one that I like (a lot).

Marty

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> 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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