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Ritocco di Photoshop un po’ troppo evidente

Fabiano Busdraghi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:30:38 +0000

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Qualche critica sulla mostra di David la Chapelle a la Monnaie de Paris

Fabiano Busdraghi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:30:42 +0000

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La spettacolarizzazione è molto più importante della verità

Fabiano Busdraghi — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:42:54 +0000

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Category: Aestetics and theory, Horrors | Post tags: Fotomontaggio, Guerra, Informazione

I capodogli e la mancanza di contenuto nell’informazione italiana

Fabiano Busdraghi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:20:03 +0000

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Monica Bellucci vs Laura Morante

Fabiano Busdraghi — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:53:24 +0000

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Category: Horrors | Post tags: Bellezza, Fashion, Laura Morante, Monica Bellucci, Pelle, Photoshop, Pubblicità

Missed contact between negative and support

Fabiano Busdraghi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:28:29 +0000

Using a printing frame that doesn’t guarantee a sufficient pressure, the image can have some blurred zones where the contact between negative and paper is not optimal.

The majority of the alternative techniques and historical processes are not so sensible to light and it is therefore impossible to use an enlarger as on traditional fiber paper prints. Negatives are printed with contact print technique.

If there’s even a minimum space between paper and negative, it could be the littlest – it doesn’t matter, the final image – at best- won’t have the finest details and the micro-contrast, will be blurry and soft. When the space augments, there will be completely blurred zones, particularly bothersome and impossible to hide.
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Air bubbles stains in gum bichromate

Fabiano Busdraghi — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:01:26 +0000

When air bubbles remains under the paper during the developing phase of a gum bichromate print, they prevent the local development, leaving stains on the image.

The printer often follows the developing phase or the development of a gum bichromate print with few agitation and no interventions, and it is therefore called passive development. This is the most photographic form of the developing phase for the gum, the one that keeps the finest details of the print, that doesn’t present visible external intrusions, that has the less pictorial aspect.

As the immobility of the development bath, you must pay attention not to form or leave trapped air bubbles under the paper. In this case water is no more in contact with the print and less developed zones carve out. It’s easy recognizing those types of imperfections from other halos or similar defaults, as in the case of bubbles, the stains are perfectly circular and have defined borders.
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Category: Gum bichromate, Horrors | Post tags: Agitazione, Bolle, Macchie, Sviluppo, Sviluppo passivo

Colatura gommica

Fabiano Busdraghi — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:05:08 +0000

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Category: Communications, Gum bichromate, Horrors | Post tags: Asciugatura, Colatura, Sviluppo