I like them all but I think for the digital versions the first one, and
to a lesser extent the second one, are in need of sharpening at the
display size. The third looks fine but it has more contrast.
Chuck Norcutt
Dawid Loubser wrote:
> Hello fellow zuikoholics,
>
> I made three more 8x10 prints yesterday (still testing out the new-to-
> me enlarger),
> all of images made with the 90/2.0 Macro. More and more I realise just
> how poor a
> representative a digital scan is of the print (it's as if all the
> 'depth' is lost)
> and perhaps this is why I switched to analogue B&W imaging totally:
> This way, if
> I want to see the image, I need to make a print of it. It's nice to
> *start off*
> with the richer media, and "degrade it" to a digital capture, versus
> the other
> way around.
>
> However, this method of sharing is of course a little faster and
> cheaper, so without
> further ado, three examples (fairly random, all from the same roll, I
> have so many
> negs form the past year to work through...):
>
> "Beach Detail"
> I specifically took this image to compare it to a near-identical one I
> made 4 years ago
> with Canon's brilliant 100/2.8 USM Macro. No obvious conclusions yet,
> but I love the
> minute detail the Zuiko captures. Natural light, ~1:2 magnification on
> glossy RC paper)
> http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/202/5/a/Beach_Detail_by_philosomatographer.jpg
> (90/2.0 Macro at f/11, FP4+, 8x10in sepia-toned print)
>
> "Grass glow"
> Grasses swishing in late-afternoon sun and coastal wind.
> http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/202/c/5/Grass_glow_by_philosomatographer.jpg
> (90/2.0 Macro at f/2.0, FP4+, 8x10in sepia-toned print on glossy RC
> paper)
>
> "Delicate things come in threes"
> I decided to, for the moment, leave this on a cold steely colour,
> tempted as I am to tone it.
> http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/202/d/a/Delicate_things_come_in_threes_by_philosomatographer.jpg
> (90/2.0 Macro at ~f/11.0 [cant remember], FP4+, 8x10in print on glossy
> RC paper)
>
>
> Any comments / criticism appreciated. I often feel, it's as if the
> 90/2.0 Macro has the ability
> to draw objects as if they are lit from the inside. This is such a
> wonderful lens, and I am fortunate
> to have found one.
>
> Dawid
>
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