Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lennie, Obviously from my post you remember that I said that very sophisticated capture and output was used to generate the prints. The following post by Tim from the individual who did the work confirms that the utmost care was taken to produce an excellent facsimile. However, if you recall the four images that were in the hallway between the coat check and the corridor where the main meetings were held on the second floor you will remember a scene pair predominating in many shades of green and a second image pair of a landscape with a wonderful rendering of clouds and sky. When I passed them on the way to the opening session I was impressed as well. However, when I returned to examine the paintings and their copies it was obvious that one set was a copy. In fact, a small group of people gathered around the images and enjoyed finding the differences. The predominately green image was both off slightly in density and a whole range of greens were not quite the correct color. In the sky of the landscape the blues did not retain a subtle red tint that the original had. Perhaps, in the mixed lighting of the corridor the Ultra chrome inks reflected differently than in the meeting you went to where the images might not have been displayed in mixed light. Last, I chose to go to the newcomer's reception rather than the one for members as someone I was talking with thought the food was better. Next year, why don't we make it a point to meet in Orlando? Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of lennie falcon Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:54 PM To: Leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Cc: dorysrus@mindspring.com Subject: [Leica] re:spam re:"Show Me the Monet" Obviously, Mr. Dory is talking about something he has little or no knowledge of. Otherwise, he would have seen that the facsimile's were very close to the originals. Most of the visiually educated experts viewing the five real Monets side by side with their respective fauxs had difficulty time telling them apart. Come to think of it, I did not recall meeting him at the P.M.A. party where 21 original Monet Paintings were on display nor previously at Henry Wilhelm's D.I.M.A lecture. Amoung the twenty-one originals were five works, including "Winter Grainstack", "Water Lilies", "Japanese Bridge" and Monet's Wife and Daughter, which, respectively, had digital reproductions next to them. It was extremely difficult to tell the difference. Perhaps in Mr. Dory's case, his collection of original 19th Century Impressionist Paintings gives him some viewing skills that are beyond those of the critical experts. I was there, and very impressed! Falcon ____________________________________________________________ Free 20 MB Bannerless Domain Hosting, 1000 MB Data Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and more. Get It Now At www.doteasy.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html