RE: Retro-Invention: cyanotype rex, chrysotype rex and platinum

 
Thanks Terry.
 
Two probable reasons why you perceive the prints as lacking subtle
gradation:
* Your screen is not properly calibrated (I use ColorVision Spyder2 to
profile the monitor and my scanner is also profiled using IT8 targets)
* The prints are from 35mm negatives. If you're used to and desire the
subtle gradation provided by medium or large format films, I can't do
anything about that.

As you're samples were low contrast with weak Dmax to me; I tried to choose
contrasty images with good Dmax in order to make you understand what I'm
talking about... Not that I can't do or don't have low contrast images with
smooth tonality (especially images from my 6x6 are pretty good in that
respect).

Conclusion: This conversation/discussion didn't give me enough motivation to
order any of your PDFs. As I'm happy with my current setup and process
choice, I will only review this conclusion when I hear/see something that
will give me the urge to try it...
 
Regards,
Loris.

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From: TERRYAKING@aol.com [mailto:TERRYAKING@aol.com]
Sent: 06 Şubat 2006 Pazartesi 21:29
To: alt-photo-process-L@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Retro-Invention: cyanotype rex, chrysotype rex and platinum

As to gradation and tone, is there not a danger here of confusing what the
print looks like with the range of tones with which Photoshop reproduces the
print. Let us take a hypothetical example of a badly gradated print which
Photoshop will reproduce very well indeed. The two new cyanotypes you
attached were, I thought, somewhat lacking in subtlety of gradation.

There are some fine examples of prints with good tonal range on the pdf !

Terry
Received on Mon Feb 6 13:49:53 2006