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Response to "creamy" skin tones?

from Ryuji Suzuki (rsuzuki@rs.cncdsl.com)
This is NOT what I would do, but as one possibility, GO DIGITAL! I think this is exactly the kind of image digital imaging is good at.

Besides that, as others suggested, use medium format and pay close attention to lighting. But I also like to point out that you should select paper carefully. With proper choice of paper, you should be able to get those look out of TX in stock D-76d (preferrably the second roll or add a bit of bromide). Don't tell me bromide doesn't change the curve shape a lot; it changes something else - more local structure of the image. Soma AGFA, Konica, and Fuji formulae exploit this effect. The reason why D-76 doesn't do this might have something to do with the original intention of D-76 to be used for motion picture applications, but who knows?

(posted 8121 days ago)

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