Leica glow

[gary_woodard]

roll another one. pass it over to me.

[edmo]

<i>... just insisted that it "glows better" ...</i>

<p>

there's outreach programs, maybe you rlocal church.....seek help.

[edmo]

....you end up with nice plasticy looking skin...

<p>

nah ya don't, you end up with pics that look like they had gaussian blur applied

[jim nichols]

James: You got it exactly right. The glow, as is the case in most photos, is provided by the lighting. The biplane was illuminated by the setting sun as the owner, who also restored it from a basket case, was putting it away for the day. The lens was a Steinheil Culminar 85mm, f/2.8, mounted on an Exa. I also have the same lens in LTM and find them to be very good for the price.

[Prof-K]

no blur of whatsoever kind was applied in mine...just levels & curves

[Prof-K]

oh yes, and were dutoned.

[tom h.]

400 speed bw film and a red (25) filter for the skin tones, it glows just fine.that way you can save on your crack for when you do weddings.tho it's never enough....

[andy m.]

Doesn't the red filter give you washed-out looking faces?

[andy m.]

Some great images on your website Tom, so I'm sure you don't have any problem with the filter. Cheers, A

[gabriel_stillwater1]

<This is definitely caused by aspherical aborration, you tell me if it constitutes to a 'glow'

shot?>

While the effect of aspherical aborration in this shot is interesting, I don't see that it has

imparted the overall image with any kind of glow. This is a difficult topic because it is

largely subjective. That said, there certainly are images that exhibit this quality. If one

studies the history of Fine Art photography there are enough examples. At the turn of the

last century, it was a sought after effect, and lenses were produced by Pinkham and Smith

just to capture it. Look at the works of Steichen and Stieglitz. It however has never been

exclusive to Leica, or 35mm photography for that matter

[vrankin]

Yes, and there's also Voigtlander Vale, Argus Aura, Bell & Howell Borealis, Pentax Patina, Minolta Mist, Yashica Yin, if you know how to look for them all. But one must possess a very discerning eye. Hmmm...

[vivek iyer]

..and Retina Rust.. Howard, you should add this list to the next thread.

[gabrielma]

<i>This is definitely caused by aspherical aborration</i><BR>

Yes, that's definitively somewhat abhorrent. Didn't know it came in aspherical form though...