From: Jessica (downwithdigital@cox.net)
Date: 08/29/02-01:27:06 AM Z
As more of a lurker and a learner at that I do know the best thing to do is
try it out for yourself. It only took one example for me to become
completely hooked on pyro so if you desire is to see if the beauty of it
can be transferred to enlarged negatives I say go for it.
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At 08:49 PM 8/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Robert Newcomb wrote:
> > Can the"magic" in a pyro negative be transferred to an enlarged
> > negative if it too is developed in pyro? Please excuse my
> > ignorance...because, well that's what I am and why I'm asking.
>
>Carl Weese wrote:
> > ... But then, I don't make
> > enlarged negatives because I find all enlargements from large format
> > negatives disappointing compared to contact prints.
>
>There is no real "magic" in a pyro negative. The resulting effects in
>the print can be obtained through other methods. Although pyro does
>have it's own advantages as do other developers as well as drawbacks.
>
>As to enlarged negatives. Yes and no. If they are built with
>techniques such as those described in my guide (at web site below) they
>can offer a negative impossible to create with camera, film, and
>developer of any combination. Or they can give the effects possible
>with any camera, film, developer. If they are simply enlarged to make
>bigger without any "building", then they will most likely produce
>inferior prints as noted by Carl. But enlarged negatives that are built
>can produce some of the most elegant prints.
>
>For some time (and still occasionally) I even built negatives of the
>same size (without enlarging) to take advantage of the immense control
>possible.
>
>--
>Jeffrey D. Mathias
>http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
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