On: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:32 David Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .....in response to Shangara Singh who said....
>> if only I could produce such prints digitally... >> > Can any good printer on this list put their hand on their heart and say they > can ? > I used to work a lot with Agfa Record Rapid bromo-chloride paper, at a time when it had a very high cadmium content. This meant that the paper took exceptionally well to selenium split toning, and other heavy metal procedures. The massive amount of oxidised metal loaded onto the paper after toning, gave midtones a delicate luminous light of extreme subtlety. In the right hands, a very convincing optical illusion - and highly desirable in the quest for the unique one-off exceptional print. Instead of oxidised metal, I now use ink. An exceptional ink-jet print depends upon an exceptional digital file being sent to the printer. My prior experience of wet-darkroom work means I can very quickly tease apart a scan to bring out what is buried within it, and far better than otherwise was humanly possible using chemicals. The benefits of an implemented colour flow allow me to interpret pictorial content in whichever way I want, and my wants change all the time. Digital gives me this. Inkjets and bromides are abundently different to each other, and a good image will look equally alive and convincingly so in either medium. The pathway remains the same. William Curwen www.william.ws PS: Film and photographic paper have significant differences in handling contrast,......so a digital file pre-proofed on an inkjet......then written out onto film - enables anyone to easily make wet-darkroom prints of astounding visual quality - whatever metal or chemical is ultimately used. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
