Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Portrait.

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Bill P

Very nice.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Thanks. I think that it represented her extremely well.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Beautiful lady Tim. Am I seeing a tad bit of over exposure ? Or is her skin that bright.
Nice image though.
Bruce

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

I do like this one. The costuming, jewelry, hair & B&W made a great shot

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

It is a type of styling. It works if you match the final image with a rough metal tonner like Kodak Brown Toner. The teased hair is what some of the Latin women seem to delight in. A full scale full substance styling of exposure just does not work with 'The Look' as MUA's call it. Fashion combined to portraiture has some demanding requirements if it is to work. A good photographer tosses out certain things when looking to get the image correct. Many would not like a 'portrait' from a high angle like this but without this the image looses that 'fashion' quality that was needed when walking in the two worlds of fashion and portraiture.

In the image she applied a touch of white face powder so her skin did not look too dark. The high angle looking downward made it easy to make the white face lighter with both powder and strong top light kicker, but not excessive. The 'blush' of face lighting/smoothing powder made the face pop while the dark bra and jacket holds the dark moody effect of the clothing.

Digital can be a pain. The original B&W print holds just detail in the face with the eyes going near white. The gritty quality that the grain from the Tri-X processed in Rodinal 1:25 created high separation in contrast while giving that substance feel of film 'grain' this film/developer can create. The blacks have detail but that detail is a lush chocolate brown. The original B&W Toned print actual shimmers (I liked to return the high whites using Sprint Print Brightener, the print needs some UV in the light source or the print whites tend to go flat).

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Thanks for the reply.
I new it had to something stylish knowing how you use all kinds of methods. It is a nice effect especially after you explained the method behind it. She is a lovely lady for sure.
thanks for sharing .
Bruce

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Very nice.

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

this is a good one ! this models eyes look through the screen,,,,

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

Gorgeous portrait.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Thank you all, I enjoy doing portraiture much in certain ways like the great mentor Arnold Newman.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Are you shooting film? The dynamic range looks like about 3 stops.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

The original image was done on roll film, 35mm. Using a digital camera the toned gelatin print was photographed. Sorry, I do not know anything about 'dynamic range' so I can not respond to that issue.

So I looked up the term dynamic range by Google, it is a digital issue apparently related to the making a photograph with a digital camera. The answer back:
https://www.adorama.com/alc/8256/article/dynamic-range-photography-explained

This is more mindless nonsenses that is typical of a limited understanding of the process of digital photography. In digital photography I expose for the highest white were detail is to be captured. Then in Photoshop I will go into the program called CURVES. There I will adjust the artificial line from top to bottom lower left to upper right. This I turn into a characteristic curve (H&D curve), to open up detail in the shadows as it should be, while creating the main central area an 'S' curve, and final setting the upper whites based on the shadow and gradual main section of the curve. This is sensitometry that works in ways that analogue photography can only dream of.

In doing photography using digital systems I will use the techniques of the older photography methods as these are what I know and understand to achieve images that work for me. I probably don't use the syntax of the modern digital age, some how I do achieve the results that are desirable. I think that is what is the solution to making useful results and that is what I want and need from digital photography.

Hope that explains why I do not know what you are asking about the 'dynamic range' of this or other images.