Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Green Shadows Example
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 18:44:08 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1BJCG381PZPC458FRGrFs8fGdUCCTg44n8rOgGB7w1rzA@mail.gmail.com> <6B34F15E-9C1E-46CF-BCC7-0FFFDE924AE5@gmail.com>

I just bought 100 13x19 sheets :-(

What paper would you suggest??

Thanks,

Tina

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> I have found Ilford Gold Fibre Silk to have really gone down in quality
> over the last couple of years, and have all sorts of colour casts, to the
> extent that I have stopped using it altogether. I finished off whatever
> stocks I had printing in B&W. It was one of my standard papers in its
> previous avatar, as it was first introduced. The price has gone up, and the
> quality down, a fairly common occurrence for a company that has got into
> Private Equity?s voracious clutches!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 09-Apr-2018, at 06:05, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > PESO:
> >
> > This is driving me crazy.  Here is the original photo;
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/166471709
> >
> > Here is the 13x19 print (iPhone photo of print):
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/167279204
> >
> > What bothers me most is the greenish shadow on the edge of her jaw.  All
> of
> > the portraits have these greenish shadows somewhere.
> >
> > I'm using the profile for the Ilford paper that I have.  I've tried other
> > profiles and they are even further off.  I've tried adjusting the color
> > balance on the file away from green and toward magenta but then the whole
> > thing is too pink.  I've tried split toning and just adjusting the
> shadows
> > but that doesn't make any difference.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong???
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > --
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> > www.tinamanley.com
> > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-
> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
> >
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Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html


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