Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Selenium usually changed the tones slightly. Let me know a postal address and I will send you my Spotone stuff..... john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll via LUG Sent: 18 February 2019 23:35 To: Leica Users Group Cc: Lluis Ripoll Subject: Re: [Leica] Retouching enlargements experience? Thank you very much Ken, this one is that I?ve saw as well in Europe. In my opinion I will just need the ?Neutral Black?, my enlargements are not toned, I do a short bath of Selenium for keeping better conservation but it has no influence in the tone. Lluis > El 19 febr 2019, a les 0:22, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > va escriure: > > Spotone is gone, but Marshall has similar products. The brush was really > important, just a tiny sharp tip almost dry. > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436740-REG/marshall_retouching_ms4b_spot_all_kit_4b_4.html > > Ken > > On 2/18/2019 5:10 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: >> Thank you Don, I develop my negatives in distilled water and I rinse them >> with Tetenal Mirasol (similar to Photo Flo), I can say that generally I >> obtain a satisfactory cleaning of my negatives, the problem I?ve >> encountered has been when I?ve enlarged a negative, on the print it >> appeared asomething very small like a small hair, I?ve cleaned the >> negative with an anti-static cloth and I?ve removed the dust, I did a new >> enlargement and the dust has appeared in an other location of the >> enlargement. On this case what I want is simply do a retouching of the >> enlargement. I?ve received many answers and comments recommending me >> Spotone and I will try it. >> >> Thank you! >> Lluis >> >> >> >> >>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 4:14, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> va escriure: >>> >>> Back in the day: start with distilled water filtered for all your mixing >>> of >>> chemicals and rinsing negatives in photoflo. Use a clean soft pad to >>> remove excess wetting agent or what I used at the end, denatured alcohol >>> leaving the film on the reels.. Then I had a custom built film dryer >>> that >>> basically used a hairdryer sucking in air through a hepa filter and into >>> a >>> metal tube that held the reels of film. So, most of the time the film >>> was >>> clean and straight into sleeves. >>> >>> When enlarging blow the negatives off with an air compressor through a >>> hepa >>> filter. If you still have dust spots then, sigh, there is nothing but >>> spot >>> tone inks and a really fine brush. Become the artist and mix the colors >>> until you get the tone right, much easier typed than done. I will say >>> that >>> once you have standardized on a paper and developer you learn the mix and >>> it becomes a lot easier. Wearing one of those binocular magnifiers you >>> see >>> jewelers and watch repair techs use carefully put really tiny dots of ink >>> down in the dust spot building the density up with more dots. Let it dry >>> between as the density changes as it dries. This is a true art/craft and >>> it gets much easier the more you do it. I have to say that I was doing a >>> lot of this for myself and others who gave up learning. >>> >>> But, with a smile, spotting is so much easier using Adobe's tools. >>> >>> All the best, and just like using an M, there is a learning curve in >>> seeing >>> color in the B&W and a steady hand with the brush along with a whole lot >>> of >>> patience. >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 7:22 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at >>> leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Steve, mon ami >>>> >>>> I will share the answer with you if I find it?.. >>>> >>>> Amiti?s >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 1:19, Stephen Barbour via LUG < >>>> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: >>>>> Well put, agree with all including your ending question. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone, Steve >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 17, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at >>>>>> leica-users.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> I?ve encountered sometimes when I enlarge a small dust like small >>>>>> hairs >>>> that ruin the enlargement. I clean it, I look to the negative with a >>>> magnifier 8X but sometimes I?ve removed the dust from one point to >>>> another >>>> point. >>>>>> To clean the nregative I?m using PEC PAD with the special tissues >>>> provided but sometimes a supplementary action on the enlargement would >>>> be >>>> necessary. I think it is very difficult do a good retouching and make a >>>> similar tone to the one of the print. >>>>>> Some experiences about cleaning better the negatives or applying >>>> retouching? >>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>> Lluis >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don >>> don.dory at gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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