acros and acutance developer

Great shot a beautiful portrait, acutance I guess plays a part but did you have a light on the B/g with a snoot? anyhow great shot...
Mark

Thanks Mark, I lit the background with one soft box and the subjects with another. Also I use a large white reflector to soften shadows. The edges and glows are just an artifact of the compensating developer. I don't generally use this process with portraits but I was multi tasking a sharpness test between 2 different Rolleis I was using and I wanted to use acutance developer.

super fine work.

Nice portrait.

WOW!

To me it's about skill with the tools and materials. This is a great all around portrait that shows considerable skill. The results clearly speak for themselves, but I echo what Bill says about explaining it all down to the component level. With so many variables to acount for, I doubt we would see anything to demonstrate the proof of acutance with a 72 dpi screen resolution. Especially with ACROS, the grain is so fine to almost have a plastic look at times. Like I said earlier, this print is a great print and stands on it's own. The glow I think can be credited more to good use of lighting technique, and exposure/development control of the film. Everything came together on this one.

I didn't intend to prove anything. I was merely showing that using acutance developer doesn't have terrible side affects. The glow is as I said from the developer rather than lighting. The lighting is a basic set up used by nearly everyone.
Dennis

Good studio picture, I'm sure the customer was happy given the direct, cute smiling eye contact from the baby -- not easy to get I'm sure.

wonderful light and tones !

Killer work. This is the sort of thing I feel like returning to.
I just can't make a photo like this in the Digital process.
How to market it???
Nice job.