1st Time Toning

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  roteague

• Feb 28, 2006

Great image Andy!! The toning works well with this image - it imparts a kind of old-time feeling to it.

 

• grahamp

• Feb 28, 2006

It's a funny thing about sepia - just adding some brown tones fools the eye into seeing reds, browns, and even greens. It works well with this sort of subject, emphasising the disuse and age.

I usually dilute the bleach and toner more than the recommended value to make the process more flexible, but you never quite know how it will turn out.

 

• Don Mills

• Feb 28, 2006

Well done. Keep up the good work!

 

• CarlRadford

• Feb 28, 2006

Its worked well - really suits the image!

 

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  digiconvert

• Feb 28, 2006

Nice image, I love the peeling paintwork and the way the sepia seems to reinforce it.

Cheers CJB

 

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  Andy K

• Feb 28, 2006

Thanks Gentlemen. I'm amazed at the difference the toning has made to this series of photographs. It is hard to explain, they feel more substantial now they're toned, if that makes any sense!

 

• grahamp

• Mar 1, 2006

The abstraction to greys in a monochrome picture is a powerful tool, but sometimes it helps to stay closer to the original. 'Brick red' is a colour closely associated with... bricks. Even a hint of red or brown and the result is less abstract and more real. I nearly said 'concrete'!

 

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  Curt

• Oct 8, 2006

Andy this is a really nice photograph, how large of a print did you make? Each of the sheets of glass with black in the background remind me of Brett Weston. The toning gives a depth to the image that works well even on a computer monitor I can see what it became. I would love to see close up pictures of the individual sheets of glass. What a treasure location for continued exploration.

 

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  Andy K

• Feb 27, 2007

Sorry for the very late reply Curt! I made a couple of 8x10 and a couple of 16x20s. The 16x20s look excellent (even if I say so myself). Unfortunately (from a photography viewpoint) the buildings are now undergoing renovation by a developer. Maybe I'll go back and make some 'now' photographs.