These were going to come with a lecture, but I found it nearly impossible to scan these old prints adequatly to capture the subtle tones. All chemical wet darkroom. Minimum Photoshop to clean up the scans. This first one is a sepia toned portrait.

...hmm... anyone know why when I open this jpeg locally with Foxfire it looks OK, but when I open it from 'osity its slightly brighter and slightly magenta? frustrating....

This next one was an attempt to simulate fading. Notes on the back read: "PAN-X 32 Rodinal 1:75 12 min ag. very gentle. Agfa Provira #1 Normal brightness. Washed. Placed in bleach 'til image begins to fade. Transfer to hypo for several minutes. Selectively bleach with bleach + hypo. Clear hypo and wash. Place in bleach until all but blackest tones remain. Wash. Sepia tone . Wash."

Lovely old prints Misha from the days when making a photograph was regarded as the event, as opposed to merely capturing an event, as it so often today.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

What lovely images Misha No Idea why there should be a difference where you view them

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh... i can smell the fix now!!! sigh... ;]

I too get Special Effects from Chemicals...sniff...thud sigh