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Pumpkin HD
{K:1037} 3/12/2005
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Beautiful Portrait. Well done.
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Hamdy Reda
{K:874} 3/12/2005
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very nice, fameliar, beautiful Portrait,
best regards
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 3/12/2005
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Thanks for the compliment Pumkin.
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 3/12/2005
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Thank you Hamdy
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Fadel J
{K:13605} 3/14/2005
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Very beautiful portrait Andre, love the tones and grains of a realy BW film!
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 3/14/2005
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Thanks again Fadel,
I started using Tri-x 400 asa or equivilant, and hardly ever used anything else for B&W. Same film, same paper, until I got it right. (some exceptions)
Andre
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Stan Pustylnik
{K:6719} 3/25/2005
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Gorgeous young lady and excellent portrait work!!! I really like detail of her face and hair againds natural and well contrasting background.
Andre, thank you also for your comment!
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 3/25/2005
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Thanks for visiting and commenting Stan
Andre
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Jonathan Charles
{K:5060} 3/27/2005
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Lovely empathic portrait - the camera almost reaches out to her. I have a similar kind of shot of my then girlfriend, now wife which this reminds me of. It was taken in 1970 but I can't find the print so now I'll have to search a million negs and re-print it !
I like the style of the shot and the high contrast B&W printing - it somehow seems more expressive than the pin-sharp grainless colour typically coming out of the modern equipment - I nowadays often modify the images to achieve a degree of inexactness which mentally allows room to breath - in the past it was there anyway because of the technical limitations. I suppose this partly explains the popularity of crude Holga-type cameras as a reaction to all the perfection.
Best wishes, Jonathan
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 3/27/2005
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Jonathan,
Thank you so much for your positive comment on this photo.
This is my then girlfriend, now wife taken in 1972. She was pleased with the comments also. There is always a little apprehension on her part if I post an old shot of her.
When I converted the photo to digital, in photoshop, I had the original in front of me and tried to remain as faithful to the original print as I could. You are right, there is a certain kind of appeal to the high grain images that we used to print all the time. In those days, I almost exclusivly used Tri-x 400 asa with the same developing method for the negatives and same process for developing the paper.
Good luck finding your negatives! The good thing is, if you don't find the one you are looking for, you will find many more to play with.
Andre
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:154631} 11/21/2005
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wonderful portrait ,and the grain has added a wonderful effect here,very great contrast my friend,very best regards my friend.
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 11/22/2005
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Thanks so much Rashed,
This is one of my favourite portraits of my wife taken about two years before we were married.
Andre
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Janet B
{K:16139} 1/22/2006
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Well, besides your wife being gorgeous...this is a perfect portrait! Love the grain of the film...digital just isn't the same :(
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 1/22/2006
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Thanks Janet! And, my wife thanks you as well!
She says, "I hope people realize how old that shot is!"
This is one of my favourites.
Every now and then I seem to be able to duplicate a pretty good simulation of grain in Photoshop. The problem is, I never really document how I did it. When it comes out right, people usually respond to the grain in a favourable way. My recent swan image is a good example.
Andre
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Larissa Nazarova
{K:12212} 5/8/2006
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Beautiful model with very deep lovely eyes and charming smile. Great b/w, love grain in the photo.
My regards, Larissa
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Andre Denis
{K:56434} 5/9/2006
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Hi Larissa,
My "model" and I are both very flattered by your comment.
Thank you very much!
Andre
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