[pure-silver] Re: Skin tones

A lower red also helps to even out the blotchiness that some skin types
have. I don't try for "a" skin tone/type but rather shoot and develop based
on what that skin needs to say. Gritty old codger would probably not get an
infra red, very smooth skin, but rather a 35mm tri x / delta 400 with
ordinal. Smooth baby butt skin maybe even the dreaded T400CN type film with
a light red filter on light. For average shooting I like Delta 100 in
Ilfotec HC.  

 

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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BOB KISS
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Skin tones

 

DEAR PETER,

          I take my lead from the old Hollywood photographers who used ortho
film and got GREAT skin tones.  I either use a green filter on a faster film
like T-max 400 or I use Plus X which has a relatively lower red sensitivity.
It appears that high red sensitivity makes skin appear much lighter where as
lower red sensitivity gives skin some nice tone.  

          Just my 2 cents.

                      CHEERS!

                                  BOB

 

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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Badcock
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Subject: [pure-silver] Skin tones

 

On 23/06/06, Lloyd Erlick <lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

Subject: Re: Suggestions needed from the real experts here
June 23, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,

Anyway, I did not reduce time of development very much, and got very, very 
dense negs. The prints took quite long enlarger exposures, and the first
couple of test prints were very crappy. But eventually I got the exposure
right, and saw what beautiful results were possible with 'generously' 
exposed Tri-X. Skin tones work out gorgeously.

regards,
--le

 

Lloyd,

do you have any examples of the skin tones you are describing here? I had a
look on your website but couldn't find any Tri-X exposed at 200ASA.  I am
trying to build a general mental catalog in my mind of how various films
capture skin tones under natural light while varying the exposure conditions
and maybe the scene brightness range (SBR). 

 

This is neither an exhaustive nor a scientific exercise, just something to
help me pre-visualise potential possibilities. (I am certainly aware that
the characteristic curve of the paper will also contribute to the print's
tonality). 

 

FWIW, I really like what Suzanne Revy has done with TXP here
http://www.apug.org/forums/showthread.php?postid=312382#poststop but
unfortunately TXP isn't available in 35mm. 

 

regards

Peter

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