[Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: PESO: Lluis on Tri-X

[Mark Rabiner]

A kid could have fixed this is ten seconds with a 60 dollar image editing
program.


On 3/21/15 2:05 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> The film was developed by me in ID11+, scanned by me on my film scanner, and
> subsequently spotted and adjusted first in Photoshop, then In Lightroom. I was
> up front about the technical deficiencies but decided to show the image
> because it is a very accurate portrayal of the subject’s personality, which,
> unlike yours, is pleasant and polite. And he is a much better photographer
> than you.
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 21 Mar 2015, at 18:41, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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>> soft and grainy is not part of the Tri X routine. Tri x can have well
>> controlled sharp grain with large prints.
>> The default look of the 60's and 60's into the 80's when tab grain film came
>> out was D76 1:1 in tri x.  can be printed with plenty of snap have plenty of
>> apparent sharpness and again with well controlled grain.
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>> The image below  appears to be completely un tweaked. No one bothered to
>> come in and adjust the contrast and then exposure to what it needed,
>> That would have meant having to lift a pinky finger.
>> Its the way tri x can look coming back from Walgreens. The drug store.
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>> On 3/21/15 5:38 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
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>>> Agreed, the Bandido in him shows so well ;-)
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>>> and the technical "flaws" do not affect my perception of his soul -
>>> bien vu, bien rendu Nathan, merci :-)
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>>> Amities de Metz
>>> Philippe
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>>> Le 21 mars 15 à 10:26, Nathan Wajsman a écrit :
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>>>> This is a film image from January that I just got around to scanning
>>>> and processing this month. My friend Lluis in Barcelona is also a
>>>> friend to many of us on both lists. The picture is technically
>>>> deficient, a bit soft, grainy, i.e. typical Tri-X shot during a
>>>> lively conversation. But I think it depicts Lluis¹s soul quite well,
>>>> and I am sure he appreciates being captured with a classic Leica
>>>> lens on a classic emulsion:
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>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/luggers/20150321-TriX_201
>>>> 5_
>>>> 4_4.jpg.html
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>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nathan
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>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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