[Leica] Tall ships - sepia toned

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Hello Peter,
thanks, I actually put a little (too much?) blur over the shot, it was 
much too hard , and looked a bit too clinical, even for my tastes.
I'm still working on getting that wonderful creamy beige Sutcliffe tone 
into the whites and greys, his work doesn't seem to have much of a tonal 
range, except on the pictures
taken in his garden and in the countryside.
Yes, except for the Kipper smokers up Henrietta Street, there's not a 
trace of smoke in Whitby anymore. Unfortunately, while we were there a 
few weeks ago , there were no sea-frets either,
As to his  Water Rats,today  they would run him out of town for it and 
wreck his studio.
I don't know whether there is any truth in the story, but I heard that a 
crowd of illiterates somewhere in the UK beat up a paedeatrician 
(spelling?) thinking he was a paedophile .
cheers
Douglas

Peter Dzwig wrote:

> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> The British photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe was born in Leeds (so 
>> was I)
>> He spent a lot of time in Whitby (So do I)
>>
>> Trying (possibly in vain) to capture something of the atmosphere of 
>> his pictures I just posted 2 sepia toned Tall Ship pictures.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Ships-and-Boats/Image1_101_edited_2_001
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Ships-and-Boats/Image1_106_edited_2
>>
>> If any one knows of a good toning software,let me know, I did these 
>> with replace colour and colours picked from original Sutcliffe prints.
>> Douglas
>>
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> Douglas,
>
> ;-) I like edited_2_001, very much. Peculiarly it isn't very sharp on 
> my screen (unusual for your pictures) is that the toning or what. 
> Perhaps a bit more burning in of the upper quarter of the sky, and 
> cropping out of the swan? But very FMS.
>
> Must say that when we have discussed toned pictures before, all I have 
> done is to replace colour and to try and do my best by eye, but have 
> done a good bit of local brightness or contrast enhancement on the 
> original B&W.
>
> If I may I will have a go at a download of yours and see where I get.
>
> As to not being close; we both know - as should everyone else on the 
> list!! - how good FMS was at capturing the airs and mists of Whitby 
> and elsewhere. Unfortunately - or rather fortunately - the Clean Air 
> Acts have changed all that; see particularly The Water Rats and Belle 
> Isle;  - and Health and Safety, Whitby Council, Yorkshire Social 
> Services, Childline and many others would have prosecuted FMS to hell 
> had he been trying to shoot the Water Rats in the middle of Whitby 
> harbour today.
>
> All the best,
>
> Peter
>
>
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