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Re: Paul Strand-like "bronze" Quadtones

2002-09-16 by Vincent Orlando

Ken, nice look, just downloaded it and tried it on an old photo that 
I am restoring and just the look I have been trying to get. Much 
thanks

Vinny
http://www.wulfsden.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Ken Lee" <heliar@a...> 
wrote:
> I have fond memories of the Paul Strand retrospective in 
Philadelphia, back
> in the early 1970's. As a teenager, I was swept away by his lovely
> warm-toned prints, which I later learned, were toned in Gold, and 
varnished.
> 
> No longer having a darkroom, but preferring that "look" above all 
others, I
> have tried to replicate it in Photoshop, and share it with you.
> 
> One advantage of this approach is that it does not require any 
special
> quadtone inks. If you want to change the colors, you can adjust 
them to suit
> each different print, ad infinitum.
> 
> To see some sample images and download the curves, see
> http://home.attbi.com/~suryasoft/photos/bronze.htm
> 
> For a nice tutorial on duotones, quadtones, etc, see the Luminous 
Landscape
> web site at http://www.luminous-
landscape.com/tutorials/duotone.shtml. I
> started out on this path by trying to imporve on his Selenium 
quadtones.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Ken Lee

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