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Re: [OM] Peter Lik again

Subject: Re: [OM] Peter Lik again
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:40:50 -0500
You are probably correct but I don't think there's any amount of 
brightening I could do that would make the print look like it does in 
mid-afternoon sun.

Chuck Norcutt

C.H.Ling wrote:
> Your print could be a little dark for room light then, with a traditional 
> photo paper print there are some 'hidden' dark tone that can be seen under 
> bright light and you get more dynamic range.
> 
> Generally you should increase the brightness/contrast (I use curve tool)
> before send to the lab if you have asked for direct output without
> adjustment. I did over a thousand outputs few years ago, all prints were
> came out as expected after I have made a match of the montior to the trial
> prints.
> 
> C.H.Ling
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> 
>> It doesn't matter how good the scanner.  The dynamic range of Velvia is
>> about 5 stops and the print less than that.  The scanner probably can't
>> match the dynamic range of the film (at least on one pass) but it's
>> probably good enough for the range of the print which is probably less
>> than 4.
>>
>> No doubt each print is individually lit and it makes a big difference.
>> Last summer I shot a large, stately tree on Cape Cod for a friend who
>> had fallen in love with the tree (the second one I've shot for her, she
>> loves big trees). The image on screen looks very nice but I was very
>> disappointed in the print when I first saw it.  But taking the print
>> into sunlight similar to the light it was shot in makes it just glow.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
> 
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