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Subject: [Leica] James Whitlow Delano in Burma
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:04:38 -0700
References: <FF8D2EC6-8661-4DDE-8F85-7FA33BB3E3B3@paulhardycarter.com> <7ac27f4f0907280200i4f4ee851p63ca869adf4829e9@mail.gmail.com> <ee8fa51c0907302045u44125c1asb28e0a720b0715fd@mail.gmail.com>

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.
>>
>> --
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>>
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