Digital BW, The Print

on 8/23/01 12:24 PM, Nicholas Hartmann wrote:

> Thanks for the kind offer, but having you look at a scan of a step wedge
> doesn't really address the problem, which is that _I_ don't like what the
> prints of my own pictures look like when I'm holding them in my hand.

My guess is that you are getting too much separation in your deep tones,
combined with the limits of Dmax on matte papers. I recommend you try adding
a fair amount of contrast to your image to "force" your blacks.

If you haven't printed out a step wedge you should. You were implying
posterization, and a wedge might reveal this better than a print.

It's important for those who are trying to help you to know if your system
has a problem, or if your results just aren't up to your hopes/expectations.
For instance, we all know our prints don't look like glossy silver prints,
they look like something else. Are your prints just weak, or bad/wrong?

Either way, I'll have something out to you in tomorrows mail.

Todd