Digital BW, The Print

I have just gotten back from spending three wonderful days in the valley,
and lo and behold the timing was right - the Dogwoods were in full bloom
this morning.
 
Sort of ironic and I purchased a  special edition "Dogwood Bloom" from the
Gallery and the fly sheet that came with it states "Printed by Allen Ross
from Ansel Adam's original negative" It is stunningly beautiful.
 
There was also a section that looked like inkjet prints of many sizes, they
were selling well, but did not compare to the special edition.
 
Back home in the Bay Area looking forward to framing and hanging my prize
 
Mike

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pr_roark
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:13 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Ansel Adams Archival Replicas





I had an opportunity to see some samples of the new Ansel Adams "Archival
Replicas" in Yosemite the other day. See
http://www.anselada
<http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2290>
ms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2290
for information on these digital prints that the Adams family trust is now
selling. They are generally believed to be HP Z3100-based prints.

The main think one notices about them is that the image is overmatted and
there is no signature anywhere to be seen. They look like silver prints, but
then most of what we do does look that way under glass.

I didn't have a magnifier with me to see if they are using color inks (aside
from the color inks that are part of the HP grey inks).

The main thing I noticed when viewing up close with standard reading glasses
is that they are not very sharp. I was not able to compare them side by side
with the original silver prints, but with digital controls and printing,
we're becoming so accustomed to very sharp enlargements that the lack of
sharpness in these surprised me.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 






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