Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "daniel" 
<dnj@m...> wrote:
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>my problem is that the prints just look flat: they don't have the 
bold look of my 
> old wetroom prints. 
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> if i 
> tweak the image with curves, and use an S-curve to increase the 
gradient in the midrange, 
> there is a notable improvement in the overall appearance of the 
print (at least to my taste), 
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I apply an 's-curve' to probably 50% of my images, so it doesn't 
sound too strange to me that someone else would do this. Most modern 
B&W films do this, I believe. Don't fight it.

...Ben