Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thomas- You reminded me of the time I wanted some 18% gray paint! I went to Home Depot, and had the fellow use the color matching computer to read a Kodak gray card. He then mixed up the paint, and when I checked it under a densitometer at the lab, it read something like red- .69, green- .70, blue- .70 !! It was really close to the reading off the original gray card! I used it to paint a largely gray backdrop on canvas, and it worked great!! You mentioned the Powerpainter- I used a Craftsman airless sprayer, and bought a cheap canvas drop cloth- it had a seam but for $19 I got a canvas sheet 10'x12' which I stapled to a 12' length of closet rod, and hung from a tree n the back yard- I had a beautiful canvas back drop in a half-hour! The cost was less than $50 total, and if I get tired of it- I can re-paint it anytime!! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas schofield" <tdschofield@msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Ansel Adams at 100 > I saw the exhibit Friday afternoon after 1 hour of standing in the rain to > get in! After viewing the exhibit, then going through the other floors, I > returned during thelast 15 minutes and was able to see again without the > crowds. > > Don't miss the world's largest gray card on the 2d floor -- 4' x 8' solid > grey painting. (Actually, it looked a little darker than 18%.) I could've > whipped several out in an hour with a Power Painter and a gallon of Latex, > if I had thought it would be a museum piece! Reminds me of the all white > painting that was there when the Carleton Watkins exhibit was showing -- not > even brush strokes -- it was intended to show the absence of artistic input! > > Tom Schofield > > >From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> > >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Subject: [Leica] Ansel Adams at 100 > >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:03:25 -0800 > > > >I'm just back from the Ansel Adams exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of > >Modern Art. > > > >What an experience! So much of his work - many images I have never seen. > > > >It was wonderful to watch his development in printing. I often found myself > >wondering what the negative looked like - what choices he made to produce > >the print he ultimately created. None of these issues were addressed in the > >narrative. In fact there was a veiled criticism of his re-printing > >negatives > >40 years after the fact. In all cases I found his later prints to be much > >more to my liking than the prints which dated from the '40s. The narrative > >referred to his late-life prints as being "melodramatic." I guess I saw a > >man who was out to capture every nuance of the negative and worked until he > >was able to express what he desired. > > > >Anyway - it's a wonderful exhibition. It took me about an hour and a half > >to > >walk through the first time. I went down and shared an ice-tea with my wife > >and then we went back and looked at images we particular admired. > > > >If you get a chance to go by all means enjoy this exhibition. > > > >One word: with perhaps two exceptions it is entirely his landscapes and > >nature photography. No portraits. No architecture (except one photo in New > >York City). I feel this is a serious omission but given the demands of > >space, hey, I can respect the curator's decisions. (mighty nice of me, eh?) > > > >This was a wonderful Christmas present. > > > >Adam Bridge > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html