Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DAS Week 23: something new?
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 12:57:08 -0400

Dennis:

BR and I were talking about Week 1 - which is b/w

Week 23 is color, and shot on Kodak PMC

Dante

On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 12:43  PM, Dennis Painter wrote:

> The link brings up a color photo for me. Tri-X?
>
> Caption is Chauvon, must be the wrong link?
>
> Dennis
>
> Dante Stella wrote:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> The skin is not contrived or retouched (I don't have that kind of
>> legerdemain with photoshop); Ciara was about 21 when the picture was
>> taken, and she has pretty good skin.  She may have been wearing 
>> makeup.
>>   The light was dead-on evening sunlight.
>>
>> The other two things that might have eradicated the skin detail are
>> -- it was shot on Tri-X, which does not have the level of highlight
>> separation to show pores on sunlit skin
>> -- it was taken from six feet away
>> -- it was printed with a 30-year old Componon that probably has some
>> flare in it by now.
>>
>> Regards
>> Dante
>>
>> PS: my sister does set design for opera, so the stage-managed
>> description is oddly apt!
>>
>> On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 02:53  PM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 8/9/03 10:10:01 AM, dante@umich.edu writes:
>>>
>>> << http://www.dantestella.com/past/past23.html >>
>>>
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