Digital BW, The Print

I have done some serious selenium toning on silver prints. Where can I see
your work Carolyn? I could tell you how they compare. I'll try and find
something to scan.
trish
ternahan@...


> From: Carolyn  Frayn <carolyn@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 12:45:03 -0600
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 4 Carolyn Frayn
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> No, over your head is "talking" on a list with amazing photographers when
> you only take photos of your kids/dogs/flowers etc.
> 
> I've visited your site before, your images are beautiful... serene.  What
> printer are you using?  I really like duo-tones with Epson inks but on my
> 2000P I do not have great luck getting a nice print without the green issue.
> (others do though) With the dye inks I can get a lovely print, just no
> longevity.  I prefer duo/tri/quad tones for a lot of my personal images but
> I've never seen a true selenium toned photograph so cannot offer a curve set
> that would match that tone.
> 
> I take it from your post that you are using the duotone presets, have you
> tried the tri or quad tones?  I prefer using the grayscale/duotone(tri
> quad)/rgb procedure for any sharper, clear images because the prints have
> the crispness that they deserve. (the colors map better) For softer,
> textured images sometimes I'll use the Hue/Saturation sliders with
> "colorize" checked. Have you played with that?
> 
> Sorry, I'm not much help... It's usually a matter of playing with the curves
> in the presets as you've described until you achieve the tone you like.
> 
> Best,
> Carolyn
> 
> 
> 
>> I am new to printing and most of what you have been discussing is
>> over my head. However, am I correct in this post that you print
>> duotones? I am printing selenium-toned duotones with some adjustment
>> in the curve box beside the color. Do you print any selenium type
>> duotones that you like and wouldn't mind sharing? My site url is at
>> the bottom of this post so you can see the type of images that I use
>> for my printing. Any help you care to give will be most appreciated.
>> It seems that most people prefer straight b/w as opposed to the type
>> of printing I do. Consequently, when anyone mentions duotones they
>> immediately get my attention. Thank you.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> www.portraitsofnature.net
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