Archive for May 2010

Hand coloring problem solved, I think

In Uncategorized on 23 May 2010 tagged BW, digital, hand-coloring, landscape, nature with no comments

I’m figuring out, at last, how to use digital black and white carbon prints for hand coloring. Turns out the carbon pigment is well bound to the paper — mostly. So what you need to do is remove the loose particles. About 30 seconds under cool running water and an all-over scouring with a paintbrush [...]

And even more twilight BW

In Uncategorized on 16 May 2010 tagged BW, digital, landscape, nature with no comments

I haven’t been able to figure out exactly what is going on here — obviously it’s some kind of digital artifact — but I do love the look. This is taken at ISO 3200 in the garden at twilight, shot into the sky. And good news on the printing front: MIS sent a new ink [...]

More twilight fun with digital black and white

In Uncategorized on 12 May 2010 tagged BW, digital, nature, Oregon with no comments

photo: Garden leaves, digital black and white, 2010

And here’s another one

In Uncategorized on 11 May 2010 tagged BW, landscape, Oregon with 1 comment

photo: Grape leaves at twilight, digital black and white, 2010

Here’s a shot I don’t quite understand….

In Uncategorized on 11 May 2010 tagged BW, nature, Oregon with no comments

… But I really like it. I was out this evening at twilight shooting pictures in the garden when I began to get this odd edge effect around the grape leaves. The photo is shot into the evening sky, matrix meter +2 stops, at 3200 ISO. The leaves have a wonderful outline that must result [...]