Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pglombick" <glombick@...> 
wrote:
>
> I am trying a new direction in my photography and am wondering what 
> some of the better ways of creating digital "grain" are.
> 
> Here are my sepcifics:
> 
> shooting with D200, ususally ISO 100 or 200, mostly landscapes and urban
> PS CS2
> R2400 (K3, papers: VFA and Museo PR), R2200 (K7, Hahnemuehle Museum 
> Etching)
> 
> I used to shoot Iflord Delta 3200 a few years ago when I was using an 
> FM2 or a FM3a and liked the results. I have tried using the "add noise" 
> function in PS but am rather confused as to the differences between 
> normal and Gaussian and was unable to produce something I liked. I also 
> tried using the ISO 400 setting on a Fred Mirando BWPRO PS add-in I 
> have, but I want more grain than it can produce.
> 
> Any suggestions? I am unsure whether I should shoot at ISO 1600 in the 
> camera or create grain using other methods in Photoshop. Also, does one 
> sharpen before or after adding grain?

Hello, you might want to look at message 88023, Richard Smallfield's post on Lith effect.
The adding grain technique is nice and random.  Theat whole effect masks out the 
highlights and is aimed at the shadows but that part can be bypassed and probably 
worked on to get the grain where you want it.

Good luck, Robert