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Re: [Digital BW] Why try to achieve Neutral Gray?

2001-10-11 by Carolyn Frayn

Cleavis,

Thank you for this post, I have seen some "green" silver prints and thought
perhaps my vision has become so sensitive about green neutral prints, due to
the metamerism my 2000P suffers, that I was not seeing them correctly.  I
really enjoy your information.  I think it all comes down to personal taste
and subject matter... as you said, the green print by Mr Sudek was
"appropriate" in it's tone.  Perhaps we all go to a little crazy trying to
find neutral (or *our* neutral).

Carolyn


> I've seen a Joseph Sudek print that was green, completely and
> appropriately, but could still be referred to as a B&W print since it
> was monochromatic.  Sheeler's earlier prints were warm
> (platinum/palladium) but are still B&W in my book and a specific
> media within it.  I once saw a Sheeler in a show, there was a bench
> near by and I was glad for it.  The picture literally sat me down and
> we studied it for a long while.

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