Digital BW, The Print

The best way to avoid "(often ignorant) comments " is never to show
your pictures to anyone - a big mistake.  If you show your work and
get comments, you will always run the risk of getting poor advice,
whether you get it from club judges or professional photographers. 
Take all commentary and advice with a grain of salt, but consider it
carefully because you can learn from it.  Even comments from
non-photographers is valuable, telling you at least someone's reaction
to your work.  

Even knowing that sometimes my work will be judged by someone who is
not fully expert, and with whom my opinions may differ, I count my
participation in camera clubs, including competitions, as the most
valuable single way I have developed as a photographer. This is true
for many others.

As for the matter of the magenta cast on BW photographs, this and
other color casts in BW digital images is a substantial problem with
several printers and drivers, one that most people on this list would
recognize as a problem, and one that can be overcome by numerous means
that are discussed vigorously on this list.  It is true that if Helen
likes this cast she should stick with it, but most knowledgable
photographers will regard this as undesirable except in a few special
cases, not just those "(often ignorant)" club judges.

Bailey Donnally

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marshall
<petermarshall@...> wrote:
>
> Helen,
> 
>  If you like the results and the quality why not stay with it until you 
> need something different?
> 
> The best way not to get (often ignorant) comments from club judges is 
> not to put pictures into club competitions.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter Marshall
> petermarshall@...   
>