Ken Norton wrote:
>> Anyway, blame it all on Ornery AG. I wasn't going to do anything until he
>> asked. :-)
>
> Oh, sure. Blame it on me!
>
> I actually liked what Moose did for it.
Eeeek!
> In the darkroom I would have attempted to soften the grain a bit too and the
> tonal recovery was similar to what I would have done with split-grade
> printing. The digital image as shown on the web doesn't do the original
> justice because of how grain accentuates and turns into golf balls when
> presented on-screen. But I will admit that the original has a grittiness that
> goes right along with the subject matter. I think it is quite appropriate.
> But Moose's interpretion is probably more representative of the real chemical
> B&W print.
>
I thought the original appropriate enough to the subject matter that I
didn't think of messing with it until you mentioned it. I did like the
enhanced back lighting effect I got, too. One could combine the two ...
You should have seen the no-grain version. Not unappealing, but a very
different image.
Moose
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