Digital BW, The Print

I will need to put a big wow! in here. There may be a time when an exposure
to print is all that is needed to make a really nice print but the fudging
around of local contrast just can not be done with PS or a selective type
editing software. Do the scan that holds the detail from dmin to dmax. Make
a slight adjustment toward the idea of the final image but not near enough.
then finish with the appropriate localized contrast control.   

 

As far as how long one needs to stew over the image, that has more to do
with how you reached the decision to scan it in the first place to me. Was
it already a print and you know what you did? etc The steps that allow for
the visualization of the print from negative and exposure to development of
film can take time to map out. And I'd be hard pressed to impose my thought
process on others when the act of seeing can not be judged directly through
their eyes, but only represented through their actions. 

 

Jon did you really work to a 50% gray, or an 18%, or to a VONE V.   

 

Eric

 

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