[Leica] Film Crackles

[Tina Manley]

Thanks, George.  I haven't gotten around to doing anything about these
frames yet, but I will.  I'm trying to finish all of Portugal first.
I hadn't thought about making the crackles a feature of the photos but the
idea is interesting!

Thanks,

Tina

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 4:24 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> > On Oct 16, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Looks like reticulation....
> > But the cause is no longer the issue.... fixing is...
> >
> > First thought is to embrace the look.... very beautiful.....
> > Second thought is to print small.... so that the crackle look is too
> small to notice...
> >
> > But since you sell Stock, and the user may not want either of those
> solutions.....
> >
> > Have you consulted a pro level touch up tech?  He/She may have the
> solution.....
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
> > To: MUGers <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; Leica Users Group <
> lug at leica-users.org>; paw <paw at micapeak.com>; seephoto <
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> > Sent: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 7:52
> > Subject: [Leica] Film Crackles
> >
> > PESO:
> >
> > Way back in 1999 I screwed up developing some TMax 400 film.  Evidently,
> I
> > had 6 rolls of 36 exposures in the Jobo and managed to mess something up.
> > I saved the negatives with the idea that someday there would be a digital
> > fix.  I haven't found it yet.  Neat Image makes the crackles much less
> > obvious but doesn't get rid of them.
> >
> > Here is a 100% enlargement of one of the negatives.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/166409965
> >
> > If anybody has any suggestions, I'd be willing to try them. I have about
> > 200 negatives with this problem.
>
> I agree with Frank.
> Don’t hide it; use it.
> Edit these 5 rolls with intention of their standing alone
> as a stylistic experiment.
> Process to enhance as one would complete a drawing.
>
> fond regards,
>
> George
>
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