[Leica] IMG: Uncommon Beginnings...

[Scott Gregory]

Thanks Ted for your great note on changing lenses. Great advice. 
I’m so happy to hear you are still taking photos with the M8 and keeping a smile on your face and a warm heart. Good on you!  That is also good advice for all of us as we age. 
I still enjoy your photo books and your body of work over the years. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season with good friends and family to visit with and good food to enjoy. 
Blessings to you,

Scott
London Ontario. 

> On Dec 19, 2017, at 3:05 AM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ted, I've been doing this off and on for well over a decade now
> and I feel I've only scratched the surface, lots of trial and error...
> start with a low res tiff or jpeg because you'll be stepping on the image
> many times and you need the speed...when you get something you like, load
> a copy of the orig raw and refer to the history so you can repeat the
> process when preparing the image for printing...ie, I'm currently having
> the lab here print several of these for me on 12x18 aluminum.
> 
> Start off with the distortion filters in photo shop and just go crazy for
> a week or two, you'll begin to get a handle on what each one does alone
> and in tandem and like that. If I tell you any more I'd have to put a
> "contract" out on ya!  ;-))
> 
> Happy that you like and appreciate the work!!
> 
> Montie
> 
> 
> 
>>> Hi Montie,
> Most amazing? Certainly when one has absolutely no concept how you made such
> smooth? I'll call them "transition??" Photo images! 
> I find them extremely unique and moving.
> Given my lifetime of photography as a photojournalist I have never in all my
> years tried this "wild" and fascinating photo technique? Quite interesting
> and magical to say the least. Without question they certainly appear to have
> been by a fine photographic craftsman.
> So good Sir. If you have some free time may I ask you send along how such
> unique images are created? That is of course, it isn't your personal
> technique only known to yourself?
> I'm so affected by your results I wouldn't mind having a shot at trying my
> hands at attempting a few?????????????????? :-)
> That is providing I don't have to re-build my old darkroom??????  :-) And
> you are the sole owner of the technique requiring a great deal of paper work
> for permission??
> Thank you most kindly!
> cheers,
> Dr. ted grant  O. C.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Montie
> Sent: December-18-17 6:10 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Uncommon Beginnings...
> 
> ...more fantastical. 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/montoid/ub4.jpg.html
> 
> Montie
> 
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