Perhaps he should show some images by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe and then try and emulate them with digital cameras.
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Perhaps he should show some images by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe and then try and emulate them with digital cameras.
As was previously mentioned, he used paper, not film.
I liked them.Quote:
Each black-and-white portrait was exposed onto black-and-white photographic paper, processed in a darkroom and scanned into a computer.
I like them too. I think those fake Photoshop filters that make digital images look analog shows that imitating sincerest form flattery ;)
You don't see analog photographers putting filters in front of their cameras to fake pixels :)
Makes me glad that 30mm Petzvals are not common...
That's a really, really good point...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mainecoonmaniac
:)
Ken
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Originally Posted by Ken Nadvornick
It's not flattery when the technique deliberately maks the images look far worse than they would be if genuine !!!!!
Ian
However they were done, they're terrible in my not so humble opinion.
Not the flattery part. The converse logic part. Not needing to try to look like the other technology in the other direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian Grant
Lots of rebate plug-ins, grain plug-ins, and faded-colors-to-look-like-1950 plug-ins for digital images. But not too many camera or enlarger filters to add that pixellated look to film photographs.
Wonder why that is??
:)
Besides, failed attempts at flattery are still flattery, aren't they? It's just the implementation that sucked. Intentional or otherwise.
Ken
I find them annoying. They're affected. They don't look like old pictures, so what's the point? The contrast is way funky, and the artifacts just make them look messy. Just perusing some of the old shots available on Shorpy shows what could be achieved long ago.
If these had been taken a hundred years ago, hell 150 years ago, the guy would have been advised to find another line of work.
I think analog imaging to older folks like me, will part of our vernacular. These effects might bring us back to a more genuine and simpler time when you really can believe a photo. It's not just fake photo effects like grain and streaks. It's also with video and audio too. They have scratched film effects for video, pop and clicks for people that record digital music. That's my take on it.