Re: VanDyke Brown

Hello Don,
Thank you for sharing such nice, innovative works by you and the others!
Cheers, Susan
www.susanhuber.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Bryant" <dstevenbryant@mindspring.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: RE: VanDyke Brown

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> > On Tue, 11 May 2004, Don Bryant wrote:
> > > I've used Ilford WT MG IV fiber toned in selenium and I don't think
the
> > look
> > > of a VDB is quite comparable.
> > >
> > > For a comparison look at this photo printed on Ilford WTMGIV toned in
> > > selenium:
> > >
> > > http://www.apgphoto.org/about/portfolio2001/bryant.shtml
> > >
> > > and compare it to these VDBs printed by Wynn White:
> > >
> > > http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Vandyke/vandyke.html
> > >
> > > IMO, the highlights in Ilford paper tend to show the effects of the
> > toner
> > > where as the VDB highlights tend to show the color of the paper base.
Of
> > > course the warm tones are a different color also.
> >
> >
> > It seems to me that the difference between a VDB on an artists' paper
and
> > a photograph on silver gelatin (factory) paper, however it's been
exposed,
> > developed, or toned, is going to be more than can be seen on a monitor.
> > The *paramount* difference is the surface, the texture, the tactile
effect
> > of an emulsion in paper, or ON paper-- right out in the air, mother
naked,
> > NOT buried in gelatin. It's quite possible to prefer the silver-gelatin
> > version, I'm sure some people do, but you can't judge from the monitor
> > which only shows phosphor behind glass.
> >
>
> My examples given to be viewed on the monitor were intended to demonstrate
a
> relative difference not an absolute comparison, and since I printed one of
> the example prints I can testify that the displayed image is pretty close
to
> the original.
>
> In all respects a web image is better than no image at all.
>
> My 2 cents,
>
> Don
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Received on Wed May 12 06:25:44 2004