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 Ken, but my use will be only to be applied on the enlarged positive Cheers Lluis > El 18 febr 2019, a les 22:50, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > va escriure: > > Yes, and I have seen Ansel Adams prints where the retouching dye had faded > (I would still accept it as a gift). I used to use the Spotone dyes for > retouching prints (there was a learning curve) where the blemish was > white. Where the blemish was black, the only thing was to scrape it out > with a knife and then use the retouching dye. I don't know about making a > digital copy. I have had some limited success making them on an inkjet > printer, but this was for large-format contact printing, > platinum/palladium process where the paper hid a multitude of sins. It's > hard to imagine making a 35mm size digital negative, but maybe so. > > Ken > > On 2/18/2019 12:17 PM, Robert Baron via LUG wrote: >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information