[Leica] IMG: A new batch of film portraits

[Don Dory]

Congratulations on developing your film.  With that control in your hands
you can dial in exactly what tonality you prefer.  In that light, you seem
to prefer a push to the right with almost clipped whites and not hitting
the left side of the curve.  If that is intentional then work on
exposure/development to hit a slightly denser negative.  Also, it will be
easier to buy a lot of film in the preferred SKU so you aren't chasing lot
changes and oops, we are out of stock today disappointments.

Also, take Jayanand's suggestions and try out different enhancement
programs(DXO seems to be less aggressive and possibly a better general
purpose tool) as they all treat your files differently.  In Topaz do make
use of the extended editing tools to add or eliminate sections that the
software is working on: I will admit the version 8 that was released this
week seems less prone to over do things.

You probably don't need the advice so consider this encouragement on the
film journey.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:17 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> In the past few months, I have done a couple of new things when it comes
> to shooting film. First, I have begun to use the Topaz AI suite, and I have
> gone back through my 2022 film images and reprocessed them using those
> tools; there is definitely a learning curve, but I think that I am now
> getting the hang of it (mainly using the controls to dial back some of the
> effects, actually). The second development (no pun intended) is that I have
> started to develop my own film again (until recently, I was sending it off
> to a lab in Valencia)—I get better results by doing it myself and save
> money in the process, so it is definitely a win-win situation.
>
> I have just added 12 mostly informal portraits to my Film Portraits
> gallery, all taken since June 2022, but recently reprocessed as mentioned
> above. You can click on the individual links below, or just click on the
> arrow on the right to move to the next image.
>
> My classmate Lone:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-jxB7BRB/A
>
> Eri:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-xsDmKRF/A
>
> Carolina and Carmen:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-qMGkCNr/A
>
> Iñaki’s daughter (I forgot her name):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-H9PZFVZ/A
>
> Iñaki and his daughter:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-4tcspNL/A
>
> My former trainee Antanina:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-5BJdgWt/A
>
> Our neighbour Juan:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-t5mL3WT/A
>
> Juan’s wife Isabel:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-tNrQQp8/A
>
> A face in Brussels:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-XmxV5Vv/A
>
> Eri, again:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-2RqLw56/A
>
> The wine lady:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-NKc6z9K/A
>
> The last 3 are developed by me.
>
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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