Digital BW, The Print

HA! yeah, just a coupla hicks printing so you won't drink!

Anyways, thanks for the nice words, and hopefully I've learned something in
the meantime.

Bill

On 7/12/07, Tyler Boley <tyler@...> wrote:

>
> Hey, we're just three guys with some work on the walls in a lumberjack
> town.
>
> f the show travels..--- In
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Bill Morse"
> <Bill.Morse@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tyler-
> >
> > Wish I could see the show- Let us know when it comes East!
> >
> > I have yet to see a CCD scan that did not show significant noise in
> smooth
> > 3/4 tones. As far as the quality of the light from drums vs.
> flatbeds, there
> > is a difference and different people can prefer different things. I have
> > noted various reasons why the OP might want a flatbed.
> >
> > One other reason why they might want a drum is the significant
> advantage IMO
> > offered by Digital PhotoLab when scanning problematic negs, which
> given the
> > age cited by the OP we can assume at least some are. I have a print
> I show
> > in my studio, of Chinese soldiers at the Longmen caves in China. The
> photo,
> > taken by my Grandfather in 1937, is a hand-held 4x5 taken inside the
> cave,
> > with only light coming from the cave entrance. Needless to say, some
> of the
> > negative is rather thin [G]. It is a beautiful image; the only
> problem is
> > that I didn't know from looking at the film that the soldiers on the
> edge of
> > the frame were even there! The negative looks completely blank. I even
> > printed it silver several years ago, and I still didn't know it was
> there.
> > It was only when I scanned it that I noticed something, and only when
> > scanned with DPL was I able to bring out the image. Before I bought
> DPL, I
> > was frankly a skeptic about the differences between it and other
> scanning
> > software. I have demonstrated over and over to myself its
> advantages, and
> > can confidently claim that I can achieve results with it possible
> with no
> > other scanner/software.
> >
> > Of course, it's advantages are reduced when scanning perfectly exposed
> > studio film, needless to say.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > PS Thanks to Mark and Tyler for re-emphasizing the importance of the
> scanner
> > operator!
>
>  
>



-- 
Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

(617) 429-3298


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