Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For quite some time I played with color films and PS, trying to achieve the look I'd get with Tri-X and HP5. I failed. Now, it's back to b&w processing n Rodinal and scanning into PS with my Nikon Coolscan. You are certainly not the only one with a penchant for the older emulsions and after 35 years or so in the field I still go back and read Ansel from time to time. Keep looking for that elusive moment in time and keep the faith. Walt Philippe Orlent wrote: > I'm interested in it because it emulates the looks and grain of > various true films very easily (BW pro does not have this, there is a > vendor that is selling separate per filmtype plug-ins, but I find > those too expensive). > Ofcourse you can do this yourself with PS if you know the signature > of each film, but I just don't have that experience. > I only started really seriously with photography some 5 years ago > with a digital Sony, and then film was already dying. In the eriod > before that, I maybe had a bit of an eye, but mainly was just a > camera nut (and snob) who didn't know what he was doing. I had a > light meter and measured light, but didn't understand about light. > And I didn't know about differences in film either. > But I always liked looking at others' photographs, esp. those made > with older emulsions, and I always wondered how I could achieve such > a look myself. > So I started studying about light and it's measurement. Yes, all of > boring Ansell Adams. And I started reading about differences in film. > Call PS and Powerretouche speed learning tools. For learning about > older emulsions f.i. To learn when to choose for what film 'look' f.i. > It just are plain godgifts for me: I don't have the patience and > talent for all these manutensions in analog. > But I'd love to catch up with you guys :-) > > > Op 12-mei-06, om 21:35 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > >> Philippe >> >> I'm a bit curious about something. Why go out and buy plug ins or >> additional software when Photoshop does a very good job of >> converting color to monochrome? What am I missing? >> >> Walt >> >> Philippe Orlent wrote: >> >>> Very tempting indeed. >>> I am getting bored with the limited possibilities of BW Pro and >>> this might be an interesting step up. >>> >>> >>> Op 12-mei-06, om 21:05 heeft Steve Unsworth het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> I was a great fan of the Fred Miranda plug-in, but gradually got >>>> annoyed at >>>> the way it flattened all the layers when you used it. I've >>>> switched to the >>>> Power Retouche plug-in... >>>> >>>> http://www.powerretouche.com/Black-white_plugin_introduction.htm >>>> >>>> http://www.powerretouche.com/Black- white_plugin_tutorial.htm#tutorial >>>> >>>> ...and have been very pleased with it. >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org >>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Philippe Orlent >>>> Sent: 10 May 2006 19:54 >>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Conversion options >>>> >>>> I'm very pleased with BW Pro form Fred Miranda. >>>> But Yayanand recently posted some great links with great and free >>>> conversions, like this one, for instance: >>>> http://www.zuberphotographics.com/page_Downloads.htm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/338 - Release Date: >>>> 12/05/2006 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >