Digital BW, The Print

> From: scrber [mailto:stephen.bate@...]
>
> I struggle with simple blue cloudy skies and getting them 'ansel
> adams' dark.  I do capture digitally and therefore my films days are
> gone. This is the kind of image I mean :
>
> http://www.hang-up.co.uk/Images/brochure/full%20jpegs/020706%
> 20panorama%20crummock%20B&W%20copy.jpg
>
> Using channel mixer to darken it generates awful noise, I can smooth
> it out (generating banding) and add noise back in but I just
> wondered if this workflow really made sense to the experts.

I'd be curious to see a 1:1 crop showing some sky area, since the size
reduction averages out much of the noise.

Also, what camera or scanner are you using?

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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