Digital BW, The Print

Yes, Austin, your images could be improved, by the tweaking of many
things. I could go on for quite awhile discussing your harbor scene,
there are many improvements that could be made to that image, especially
if it is to be a fine art image instead of a record shot.

Jerry



Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> Hi Herb,
> 
> > Austin's statement that he does no manipulation
> > in Photoshop sounds bizarre to me.
> 
> In PS, I simply crop the image, then images/size/export to Piezo.  I do some
> dust spotting if there is a need to...but that's it.  Technically, I could
> do the crop/image/size etc. in the scanner application, and merely use PS to
> export to the Piezo plug-in...
> 
> > I realize he does some amount of
> > digital manipulation in his wonderful scanner in capturing the scan,
> > but this is nowhere near what seems necessary to come up with the
> > best image possible.
> 
> In the scanner application, I only do setpoints and adjust the tonal curve
> (typically via brightness and contrast, and if necessary with the tonal
> curve tool, which is similar to the one in PS), which is part and parcel of
> any film scanning process.
> 
> > Sorry, but I just can't believe that you can get the control over the
> > image you need to produce the best photos (in a digital workflow)
> > unless you're doing some work in Photoshop.
> 
> Was there something "wrong" with my images?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
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