Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" <mark@m...> wrote:
 
> I thought I could quickly show how this mottling is showing up. I 
> scanned a print that showed this mottling (even after 24 hours 
> drydown). Tough to really show critical details over the web, but 
> here's a shot. 

Mark,
it looks to me like the result of spreading out of a small tonal range - of 
excessive local contrast in the 3/4 tones. Unless it's also visible in the surface 
as caked ink or something, in which case the paper isn't dealing with the ink 
past a certain amount. I wonder if whatever curves are being used to adapt 
the inks to this paper also cause excessive contrast.

But I also have to add a note about the image: it cracked me up and I loved 
the way the moment was caught. Including the nice "round" background blur 
(wide open 80?).

Sometimes all the artifacts distract from the business at hand....

Antonis