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Subject: [Leica] Retouching enlargements experience?
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:13:31 -0800
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I have successfully retouched thousands of 16x20s and 11x14s with
pencils. Little dots. Nobody can see the retouching without a magnifying
glass. It is a very useful optical illusion. I always printed on
Polycontrast G, but I suspect pencils would also work with an E or X
finish.
On 2019-02-17 19:57, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I can recall watching my wife's parents do retouching of 5 x 7 studio
> portraits with very sharp pencils, filling flaws by placing very sharp
> dots on the emulsion side.? It is an art that must be learned by
> experience.? I'm not sure this could ever be done with 35mm.
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