Digital BW, The Print

Martin,
Interested in going in on a warehouse?
I use the silver work prints for montage/collage and toning experiments.
(good excuse, eh?)
Maybe I will try watercolor wash on piezo prints...
or better yet, have the print tossers spend some time in my studio!
t

> From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:39:44 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] 4 Tyler Re: Looking for 3000 Advice
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...>
> wrote:
> 
> (snip)
>> 
>> Actually I start even smaller and work up, and often do full image
>> size but cropped small prints of areas that need more attention,
> also 
>> to evaluate sharpening. After all that I tend to think I'll luck
> out 
>> and get a good one at full size and go ahead. Never happens.
> Sometimes 
>> I do a 13x19 on EAM since the tonal values with my curves are so
>> similar to Wells River, but it feels so different I still can't say
>> for sure untill I do a big one on the final paper. You know, you
> can 
>> do everything right and the magic still isn't there, assuming it
> will 
>> ever be!
> 
> Tyler,
> 
> I know exactly what you mean. While the overall adjustments may work
> okay, local contrasts and brightnesses may not work at all. In the
> small print some small area is fine and at a larger size it becomes a
> featureless blob that needs local contrast work. Mostly it is just
> the aesthetics. Things simply do not look the same as the print
> changes size. Works both ways too. An image that looks great as a
> 16x20 may not come across well at 8x10.
>> 
> 
> (snip)
> 
>> 
>> If I can sneak it into the car behind my girlfriend's back. I think
>> she's anticipating spending some time together, even after all
> these 
>> years!
> 
> Now this is a common photographic problem that nevers seems to get
> adequate coverage in any of the photo books. Even Ansel failed to
> give us a solution to this one. Maybe he was holding some secrets
> back after all!
> 
> Actually I did solve this problem to some extent. I did a very
> dastardly deed and succeeded in getting my wife addicted to
> photography. She is in charge of color with her Canon G1 and I handle
> the B&W. This has resulted in a much greater tolerance for taking
> pictures while vacationing!
>> 
>>> towards the Piezo driver but don't like the ink color. I really
> do 
>>> hope to get to see some of your prints one of these days.
>> 
>> My problem is that I tear them up as fast as I make them...
> 
> I am much worse and never throw any of them away resulting in
> mountains of worthless work prints of unknow origins all over the
> place!
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
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