Digital BW, The Print

In music the fans of rock realy groove on the big booming base - they 
want their teeth to fall out from the base. The folks that like 
classical demand a huge spread - high frequency to low frequency and the 
folks that like jazz really get off on the subtitles of the midtones 
into the high range. I think it is probably the same in photography. 
Some people get off on "bad ass"DMax - to the point of being obcessed. 
Some demand the spread of tones -  DMax to bright white and demand it on 
every image independent of if it is best for the image or not.

Me I'm a jazz guy. Give me the subtlness in the mid tones to the glowing 
highlights with enough DMax (bass) to make it interesting. I don't spray 
or coat because I don't need to and it gets in the way of the glowing 
highlights and midtones. You are probably right spraying and coating 
most likely changes the character of the image.

Truman

George Hartzell wrote:

>
> I've been playing with a can of PrintGuard spray, on Epson Archival
> Matte and Hahnemulle [sic] William Turner.  I've noticed that it
> *does* darken the blacks a bit, but also that it darkens the dark
> grays a bit, the lighter grays a little bit, and the whites not at
> all.  The end result is the midtones are a bit goofy.
>
> How do folks handle this Are folks using customized
> profiles/icq's/curves/... or are they adjusting the images themselves,
> or?
>
> g.
>
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