[Leica] Sepia Conversion

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Douglas,

No, don't think it quite does it. The Sutcliffe browns are deeper and often 
appear massed. What was the Sutcliffe original? I suggest that to try to 
assess 
the performance of this approach you would need to try the experiment again 
with 
a Sutcliffe location; attempting to photograph something pretty close to the 
original and then try matching the profiles. BTW which software are you 
using? 
PSE 4?

At the risk of repeating myself, the quality of the Sutcliffe pictures has a 
lot 
to do with the combination of the process he used and the light at the time; 
which was often more hazy than now, resulting in a more luminous qualityto 
the 
air. Modern film, especially colour slide, responds to light in a wholly 
different way to that of Sutcliffe's processes.

Peter

Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Been trying to find a decent way of converting to sepia - particularly 
> the sepia tones shown in Frank Meadow Sutcliffe pictures.
> I think I may have found it - The stand alone, Pure Image, has an option 
> to match images to a colour profile.
> Step 1 convert original image to BW (but still in RGB NOT Grayscale)
> Step 2 Create a profile of a scanned Sutcliffe original
> Step 3 Match BW shot to the profile
> 
> Let me know what you think,
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_2
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_2_BW_NR
> 
> Cheers
> Douglas
> 
> Technical stuff : Leica M6, Canon  1,9/85mm  (screw mount), Kodak 
> Ektachrome 400,
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