Digital BW, The Print

Hello

Whilst accepting that different people like different things in an image
(obvious, but I think it sometimes needs repeating :-))

I quote
>So the grain was part of the photo from the start -
>it's been there, done that, paid its dues, it has a
>raison d'etre, it's a founding father.
> 
>The point is that the dots are merely an artifact of the
>algorithm used by the driver - they have no organic connection
>to the original photo. they're interlopers, party crashers,
>- THAT'S why they stand out.   Your eye tells you that somehow,
>they don't belong there; they have no intrinsic relationship
>to the original photo.

Could I not equally say

>So the smoothness was part of the subject from the start -
>it's been there, done that, paid its dues, it has a
>raison d'etre, it's a founding father.
> 
>The point is that the grain is merely an artefact of the
>chemistry of the film - it has no organic connection
>to the original subject. The grains are interlopers, party crashers,
>- THAT'S why they stand out.   Your eye tells you that somehow,
>they don't belong there; they have no intrinsic relationship
>to the original subject.

Sometimes I like grain, sometimes not. Dots can be good too!

bye for now   

Keith Cooper

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