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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
08/06/2004 03:11:40 AM · #1
I was reading a book called " !Delicioso! The Regional Cooking of Spain" and I found this interesting fact:

"Squid move by jet-propulsion, ejecting ink to confuse their predators. This ink was once used for writing and drawing (sepia photographs take their name from the brownish color of the ink of the related cuttlefish, called sepia in Ancient Greek and Spanish)."

I thought that was pretty cool and I had never heard it before.

June

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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
08/06/2004 03:26:17 AM · #2
Far more interesting is *why* - the main reason being that sepiatoning a photograph improved its longevity long time - which is why most of the photographs that are still available to us today, after all these years, are sepia-toned.

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Sony Alpha a6400
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
08/06/2004 03:32:50 AM · #3
That is interesting....

I always though that sepia toning was for the purpose of re-creating the look of an old black and white photo that had faded in the light. Normal black and white prints will naturally fade to a sepia tone over time when not properly displayed.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
08/06/2004 04:04:56 AM · #4
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
That is interesting....

I always though that sepia toning was for the purpose of re-creating the look of an old black and white photo that had faded in the light. Normal black and white prints will naturally fade to a sepia tone over time when not properly displayed.


How long do you think this process would take? That would be a cool experiment to make. Would it work with photopraphs printed on an inkjet printer?

June
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