Sunday, August 31, 2008

Morning Tea

It's amazing what light you can catch in the morning, if you look.

Morning tea
A warm, soothing cup of lao cong shui xian.
Posted by Brent at Sunday, August 31, 2008
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9 comments:

  1. ~ Phyll8/31/08, 4:23 PM

    Meditative and calming...marvelous!

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  2. Vladimir Lukiyanov8/31/08, 5:45 PM

    Looks calming, including the fact that it's Shui Xian!

    Great browning tone; I've been inclined to tone a few prints too lately after seeing your pictures, though in a slightly more painful (that is, smelly) process...

    -vl.

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  3. Brent8/31/08, 7:41 PM

    Thanks guys, your feedback is always appreciated!

    VL, what does the toning process use that smell so bad?

    Brent

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  4. Vladimir Lukiyanov9/1/08, 7:34 AM

    Potassium Polysulfide is what's in the toner I use, along with some simple alkali, not ammonia. I wouldn't be surprised if lots of other sulphur compounds are released, which make it smell rather bad.

    But well, I love digital sepia too, there is a greater degree of control. You can also try lots of other simulated toning, don't know if Photoshop does that, but on the GIMP (which is free) there is a nice function, see link.

    http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SampleToning/

    -vl.

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  5. ana dane9/1/08, 7:49 PM

    gorgeous photo.

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  6. Brent9/1/08, 8:28 PM

    Thanks ana dane!

    Brent

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  7. ~ Phyll9/2/08, 6:19 PM

    Um, yeah...some toners are highly toxic, too. Sepia and blue toning weren't so bad in terms of smell, as far as I recall. I took a toning / B&W photo painting class back in undergrad years. I don't think Photoshop existed yet back then...wow.

    By the way, Brent, if you are in the market for analog cameras, I have 2 complete systems to sell (a 6x7 medium format and a 35mm). Just FYI. :)

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  8. Anonymous9/3/08, 5:00 AM

    Great pictures

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  9. Brent9/3/08, 6:28 PM

    Phyll,

    I'm not in the market right now, but I will keep you in mind if I decide to branch out into film, particularly medium format (my dad has an old 35mm film SLR I could use). Thanks for the offer.

    Stephen,

    Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you like them.

    Brent

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