Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Marty Deveney<benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > Thanks Marty, to be more specific: > A good start is an old moderate contrast lens and medium speed B&W > film. ?In terms of printing, my guess as a good place to start would What's considered a moderate contrast lens in Leica land in the 35 / 50mm? I presume old style B&W film too? So may be Adox / Foma 100? > be some of the AGFA MCC that Mirko at Fotoimpex is re-manufacturing, > developed in a mixture of old and new developer (not lith printed, > just slowed with 'old brown'). ?Print too dark and through one of > those Harrison & Harrison etched glass diffusion filters that gives a > reverse bleed on the blur (i.e. the shadows blur into the highlights). > ?Then bleach back. ?Polysulfite and selenium tone to the right colour. > > Alternately, press the JWD filter in Photoshop ;-) > OK, currently after the film is developed, it all goes to the scanner :-) What is the JWD filter, besides James Whitlow Delano :-)? Lets see, looks like you are saying: - make it darker - diffuse some, and somehow diffuse shadows into highlights Sounds right? I suppose I can play with Photoshop.... > The look doesn't appeal to me - it gets in the way of seeing what's > there when I look at them, but lots of people like it. ?I used to run > a good line in traditional printing that looked like this for wedding > photographers and it was very popular, like most 'tricks'. > To each their own :-) Thanks for the pointers!! > Marty > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Richard Man<richard.lists at gmail.com> > wrote: >> What tragedy. James Delano is one of my favorite photographer. I even >> went through hoops to get his Italian published book. Would love to >> know his techniques on getting his look. >> >> But again, the Burmese is one of the worst regime on Earth, along with >> the North Korea. >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:26 AM, PHC<lug at paulhardycarter.com> wrote: >>> A very moving testament to the Burma cyclone victims: >>> >>> http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/07/james-whitlow-delano-in-the-eye-of-burmas-cyclone/ >>> or >>> http://tinyurl.com/lqxug8 >>> >>> Cheers, Paul. >> >> -- >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >> // w: http://www.rfman.com blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com >> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963