Digital BW, The Print

Hi Carolyn,

Thank you for the kind words. I use a 1280 with OEM inks for the 
moment. I will be shifting to MIS archival color in a few weeks, as 
soon as their color cartridges arrive.
 Yes I use the PS6.01 canned duotones and then play with the color 
curve until I like the result. Then I save the curve to use again. I 
don't save my website images in duotone, they just have minor 
corrections and cropping. My duotones are used only for printing. If 
you have any suggestions, any and all help is appreciated. 
 There are many on this list who have been very helpful.I appreciate 
their help and patience very much. Thank you.

Kindest regards,

Tim

www.portraitsofnature.net















--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn  Frayn 
<carolyn@u...> wrote:
> 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
> > 
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