Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, very observant...it was D-19 with a pH off the scale, and you're right, they do start to look like hell (the more generations-the worse they get) many tiny little jars of red opaque and camel hair brushes for the pinholes!! ;-) Montie --------------------------------------- >>From: "Mark Rabiner" Looks like developed in a lye developer like D8 Or high alkalinity carbonate film contrast developer like D11 or D19. Or a paper developer. And printed on Agfa Brovira #6 in Straight Dektol. No chasers. Shaken but not stirred. Very effective line shots usually they look like hell. "Kodoliths" my friends used to call them ---------------------------------------------- > On 12/9/06 8:37 AM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> typed: > > > Montie > > > > Two questions. Where went all the mid tones and do you travel with a > > companion who silhouettes for you? :-) > > > > Montie wrote: > > > >> Well, I couldn't sleep due to a day filled with too much > >> coffee soooooo I decided it might be a good time to > >> upload some photos into the gallery...it's 2:50 AM eastern > >> (at least Rabiner is probably still up). > >> > >> 5 images from my "Antiquity" series...I'm putting these > >> together for competition so critique hard if you will. > >> More to follow as I get them scanned. (commercially). > >> > >> These images all started life as Kodachromes...all but one > >> were projected printed onto 8x10 high contrast copy film > >> and then contacted neg to pos for a generation or two with > >> the finals ending up as 4x5 commercial copy negs - (MP3) > >> copy camera. Scanned into photoshop (imacon) for adding > >> some lighting effects and a few middle densities. > >> > >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/montoid/MONTIE16.jpg.html> > >> > Looks like developed in a lye developer like D8 > Or high alkalinity carbonate film contrast developer like D11 or D19. Or a > paper developer. > And printed on Agfa Brovira #6 in Straight Dektol. No chasers. > Shaken but not stirred. > Very effective line shots usually they look like hell. > "Kodoliths" my friends used to call them > But that's a brand name. > Like calling a tissue a "Kleenex". > So many classic black and white shots in our memories or at least mine or > Kodachrome. Lots of Helmut Newton's shots like in that big book. > Speaking of which I was picking up my film at Duggal the night before last > and I was crossing over to find Broadway because I was on the wrong street > and there was this very tall women with an extremely tall package heading > toward me on the dark farily empty street with dyed blond hair. > And it was Sigourney Weaver! She looked warily at me as we passed on the > sidewalk. When I got home I started a "celebrity watch" database. > I saw a guy in Greenwich Village (my first time there) with white hair who > I've seen in a million movies but have been driving myself crazy as to which > ones so I can add him to my database. A great character actor! Probably in a > Broadway or off Broadway show at this point. One of those lovable character > actors. > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >