Stuart Goggin <SGOGGIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>One question I have always had about colour print processing, is if the
>colour processor has direct control over the colour contents of the print,
>then why bother using a colour saturated print film as the printer will
>reduce the colours to their own standard saturation levels during the
>printing process.
>I have always wondered about using a warming filter with print films,
don't
>the processors compensate for this and produce an average print.
A semi-valid point. High volume, automated photoprocessors do a certain
amout of averaging to compensate for variances in exposure, film type and
contrast ranges. They are pre-programmed to hit certain targets. That
said, an excellent negative will print well nearly every time. An excellent
negative made better with judicious use of a warming filter will print
showing the extra effort of the photographer. Try it. Furthernore, that
same negative in the hands of a skilled printer manually enlarging the print
will be outstanding. Only with great manipulation, if at all, could the
non-filtered negative be made to equal the filtered one.
>On the other hand is it not possible for the processor to bump up the
colour
>saturation so as to simulate a warming filter.
Making color balance adjustments at the enlarger is easily done, but it
affects the whole print. But color dodging and burning of limited areas is
a rare craft indeed. If you know someone who does it, and is consistently
good at it, make that person your trusted partner and send all your
"keepers" to them!
John P
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