Digital BW, The Print

Hey Mike, something besides scanning DPI! Yippee!  LOL

So, the key words in your post were "platinum," "palladium," and "warm,"
"warm," and  "warm."

Whether consciously or not, I think we all try to re-create something we
know and therefor trust (our judgement on) before going on to completely
uncharted waters.  People who printed cool papers with selenium toners are
matching their prints to what they know;  did your preference for warm tones
predate your work with platinum, or was it informed by it?

Then, of course there's this:  You say tomato, they say tomatoe.

I'm with you on this one, (almost) all the way...

Bill

on 4/8/02 9:43 PM, mkravit wrote:

Please, explain someting to me. What is the fascination with cool
tone prints? 

Years ago everyone was raving about Seagull Oriental, I tried it and
hated it. Too cold, too purple, too, well ugh!

I look at the cool prints that the MIS VM inks produce and to my eye
they are way too blue.

OK, so maybe I am color blind....maybe I am just plain contrary. I
just don't get it. Platinum prints are warm, paladium prints are
warm, and I love them. I find MIS FS inks on Hahnemuhle William
Turner to be exquisite. Just a bit on the warm side of neutral, but
oh was a feeling!

So I figure that perhaps I am seeing someting differently. So this
weekend I make three prints. A MIS-VM cool, and MIS-FS, and a MIS-FS
Neutral. I show these to 5 different people (not very scientific I
know). Each and everyone picked the MIS-FS print as their favorite.

So what is the fascination with cool tone prints?

Mike


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