Coming out from under the bed, Alan? (Alan is a wonderful person who has been lurking on the list for quite a while)
I did not say you could not get a nice B&W picture from a color negative. I said that to get the best possible B&W print from a color negative it has to be exposed differently than one that was exposed to give the best possible color print. That is a simple fact of life, we do not often use 2:1 contrast ratios for B&W but it is very common in color work. In B&W we want a full tonal range, in color we do not want detail buried in shadows and wased out in the highlights. It is simply that different techniques work better for one than the other. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:53 AM Subject: RE: Col or mono with digital (was: Re: I want to start a WAR) > I printed a B&W picture from a colour neg . I tried it just for fun one > night. > The only thing I had to do was to change the grade of the print. > I know that I am still a mere beginner but it turned out to be a picture > that I am proud of and the people in it wanted copies.
