I admit the colors are stunning, however...
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Because of many years of negligent storing, most of the negatives are in very poor condition, and it takes me hours of scrupulous work to restore their original brilliance
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Makes me wonder exactly what "hours of scrupulous work" involves. I don't mean to sound like a cynic, but I'm a little bit suspeeecious. This one:
http://www.gridenko.com/pg/thumbs/01657.jpg
there is absolutely no grain visible on the gray background and the detail on the couch's headrest is stunning. I can understand how the rgb-filter technique works, but it seems to me like the filters would have to be changed after every shot, putting a two, maybe three second delay in between shots. Yet, the detail on that picture (the couch, the hand resting in air right about the couch, the part in the model's hair) in very exact. For that to happen after superimposing three different shots, the model could not have moved at all (otherwise it would be blury). And staying still enough to get that much detail for 5, 7 seconds sounds a little bit doubtful to me.
What I'm getting at is although the technique sounds plausible, that one picture makes me suspicious. Also the complete lack of grain makes me wonder how much photoshop was involved in those "hours of scrupulous work".
Now, I don't claim to be an expert in photography... I'm just offering my thoughts. Is there a link to an article that describes this photographer's technology more in depth? Like for example, did he have a mechanical filter-changer that was capable of taking all three shots in quick succession? Can an expert on photography tell me how (in?)valid my thoughts are?