Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:01 PM 5/24/2008, you wrote: >Then again, the other version's warmth is more subtle than many examples >I've seen, and doesn't bug me -- it's more like a warm-tone paper than >full-on sepia. I'm thinking that 97561062 is just fine, but if you can >replicate the the contrast characteristics of 97561062 wiht a little >cooler tone it'd be interesting to see, and more of an apples-to-apples >comparison. > > -Jeff Thanks, Jeff. I appreciate your comments. I think over the years I've added less and less of the sepia tone to my photos. I have always seen Honduras in tones of brown, though, and I still like a slightly warm black for most of my people photos. I usually add a PhotoKit brown layer and then fade it almost completely. I like cold black and white for landscapes but not for people. With the farmer, I just applied the Alien Skin Exposure 2 filter for TriX 400 to the original color photo without making any other changes. I'm sure it's like adding a filter to a film camera, though, and the contrast changes with the film filter chosen. I did try the Scala - which looked flat - and the Ilford - which was too light. Since I used TriX when I used film, I went with that one, but it looks way too harsh to me compared to the warmer one. I'll keep trying other films - there is an almost infinite number of choices! Thanks! Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com