Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, Nice pic, and the Bokeh is pleasant enough for me. But what do I know? http://www.sonc.com/Bokeh.htm I'm not sure about your Epson 870, but my 1520's software has a check mark spot for color ink or black ink. I have found that if you tick that black square, you'll not get the color casts in BW printing. Yours may be different . . . Regards, SonC > I admit that I'm having an interesting time grokking this concept of bokeh > to the fullest. Perhaps I'm just too much of a neophyte. > > Anyway....I have this image which I took on the 4th of July here in Davis, > CA while walking back from the bike races. Without a doubt it's the most > pleasing image in B&W I've ever made. > > It was taken with an M6-TTL, a Summicron 1:2/50 (the kind that can do a bit > of macro if you have the goggles for it, which I don't), on Agfa APX 100 > film. The day had a high thin overcast which I think is why I like this > photo so much. Shot wide-open at F2 standing as close to the subject as > possible. > > I scanned the negative with a Nikon Colorscan 4000 at 4000 px/in monochrome. > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/images/Leica/lanterns-72-we b.jpg> > > So, is this "good bokeh", or am I missing the point? > > Thanks for any comments you may wish to share on this point. > > One other thing: printing B&W. I pulled this into Photoshop and printed it > on my Epson 870. If I print in color mode there is a warmth to the image. If > I print it B&W mode it seems almost blue-ish and suddenly a grainy-ness that > isn't there in the image or in the version printed in color mode. > > Perhaps this is a question for a different thread? > > Thank you, > > Adam Bridge >