Digital BW, The Print

Hello Rem,

>I took the prints that I made with Kayenta outside for another look, 
>and they can hardly be called warm.  I think what happened is that 
>I had them laying next to other prints that I had made on semi-gloss 
>paper using the Paul's "cool" curve for UT2, and the juxtaposition 
>made the Kayenta prints look a little warm.

That makes sense.  It's real easy for the eye to be fooled.  When I'm
working up a new image in ABW and trying to decide what settings to
use, I make myself take occasional breaks and go do something else for
a few minutes.  When I return my eyes have adjusted and things often
look different.  Many times I've gone to bed satisfied with something
and the next morning didn't like it.  

I also look at things under different light sources.  I have 5000K
"full spectrum" flourescents in my work room, and can easily see
subtle differences between prints (which I sometimes agonize over). 
But take them into a room with tungsten lights and I can't tell them
apart. 


Regards,
Clayton


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