Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Bob! I hope that at my actual age (75) I will not see of the dots has shrunk over the years?. :-) Cheers Lluis > El 18 febr 2019, a les 19:17, Robert Baron via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> va escriure: > > A few years back the OKCLUG (Ken Carney and I) went to a local exhibit that > included a number of prints of Arnold Newman's portraits of celebrities. > They had been clearly retouched with pencils and the pencil dots had shrunk > over the years. > > I used to do that too but I have no idea where my old prints are. They are > definitely not in museums. > > --Bob > > ===On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 10:13 PM Brian Reid <reid at > mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information