From: Editor - P.O.V. Image Service (editor@p-o-v-image.com)
Date: 05/26/00-02:09:56 PM Z
Judy Seigel wrote:
>
>
> But another point: about that analogy of photo tones with music notes...
> TOO MUCH tremuloso in music can be the stuff of parody. Can too many
> tones in a print also be counterproductive?
>
Well, in printing "too many tones" would seem to do one of two things...
1) Become totally photorealistic if the image were a straight shot
printed in color.. Arguably, one begins immediately to question whether a
truly perfect representation of reality would be art...
2) With alternative processes and B&W printing true continuous tonality may
make an image appear muddied.. Definition between tones is what makes many
pieces work... The simplest example being posterizations, liths, or Xerox
copies..
On would need to marry the tonal range and distance between represented tones
to the art trying to be reproduced... So, too many tones in photo printing,
could become farcical as well...
Keith
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