Digital BW, The Print

It probably is psychological. I remember Adams talking about the optimal 
size for a print for impact - bigger is not always better. I think it 
has to do with viewing range - smaller prints are viewed closer and 
because of this they will have a different impact than if the same image 
is printed in a larger print. If you measure the difference on a sensor 
there may not be one but if you ask someone they will tell you there is.

Truman

Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

> > From: bobphoto [mailto:bobphoto@...]
> >
> > I have come to the conclusion that when making a test print you
> > have to take a section of an image and print it full size rather
> > than re-sizing the whole image to make a small print.  This is
> > the same as you would do in the darkroom assuming you did not
> > want to compensate for enlarger height change.  My full image
> > small test print comes out much darker than the final full size
> > print.  A section of the full size image prints the same as the
> > final ful size print.  I am using MIS-VM in an 1160 with Paul
> > Roark's curves.
> >
> > Is this correct?
>
> That sounds fishy to me. There may be some psychological effect at 
> work, but
> resizing an image shouldn't change the average brightness of it when
> printed.
>
> --
>
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
>

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