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mikew_RIP

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Thank you Jeff,i had been using the quick reply and it doesn't seam to work for me in that.

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Called in at the park today and the turtle was sunning itself,its on an island so i cant get any closer,my wife was with me with her fuji super zoom,she got a better shot than i could.

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My dear wife's

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Sitting here with nothing to do so started playing,have posted this in color and BW so may as well add sepia,not 100% happy but its the closest i can get without more practice.

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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mikew said:
Thanks Don,the problem is i did a lot in the dark room days and i cant get it to match my memory of past results.

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I started out in the darkroom also in the 70s. My favorite for sepia was some of the Ilford Fiber papers. It is pretty much imposable to get that look on a monitor. I haev not worked much with B&W since getting back into photography in a serious manner but I would bet that you can still get that result on some of the art papers that are available now. I have gotten one of my favorite photos of an old bridge and river scene with an early 1800 church on the other bank printed on canvas and the results are stunning.
 
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Don i must admit i do forget that the results where as much to do with the paper as the processing,oh how time effects the memory.

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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mikew said:
Don i must admit i do forget that the results where as much to do with the paper as the processing,oh how time effects the memory.

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I spent about 15 years in photofinishing so I dealt in paper and chemistry every day. WE spent an hour every day balancing the chemistry and running tests to get the film perfect and to match prints. It taught me a lot about how a print was supposed to look.
 
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Don Kuykendall said:
I spent about 15 years in photofinishing so I dealt in paper and chemistry every day. WE spent an hour every day balancing the chemistry and running tests to get the film perfect and to match prints. It taught me a lot about how a print was supposed to look.
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I have a similar past but not in photography, in printing. Letterpress and offset. Hand gold dusting and polishing. Hand type setting. Years of this and it's all out the window now. A waste of time? I guess not but no use dwelling on it. We have to use the new ways. I use the new 27" iMac and the new MacBook Air to create pieces that would have taken me, my father and his father, 10 times as long. Even then, the quality wouldn't have been as good.

Forget all that Mikew. You're inspiring me with your beautiful shots. You don't need to remember, you're setting new standards. Cheers, Brad :)
 
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Came across a rescue drill today,thought should be good for some pictures the D7000 thought differently.

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During the actual pick up from the water the focus failed,i have it set on focus priority but the focus point just jumped all over the place never focusing,it still took pictures so i figured let do it i had nothing to lose,i ended up with a load of out of focus pictures.

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