Ken Norton wrote:
>> This image already took some heavy split-grade dodging/burning it to balance
>> it to the extent that I have, but I agree it could take more work, but where
>> to find the time! And of course, I cannot selectively blur with any sort of
>> reasonable ease when doing optical prints :-)
>
> I disagree about he selective blurring. You can selectively "soften" areas
> through use of things like a screen, plastic-wrap, sandwich baggy or just a
> really dusty piece of glass. When combined with a mask or through a
> dodge/burn process you can work an area of an image to blur or soften the
> edginess of an image without screwing up the grain.
>
> This is actually one of the prime benefits of split-grade printing--you can
> diffuse the hard-grade exposure (shadows and low-midtones) or the soft-grade
> exposure (highlights, high-midtones). If you diffuse the hard exposure (V),
> it softens the grain, if you diffuse the soft exposure (00) it softens the
> image but leaves the grain intact.
>
I'd have never guessed that. I could easily see how one could soften
selectively, but didn't see how the grain detail could be retained at
the same time. Any idea why/how that works?
I had to add it back as a separate step in the digital darkroom, using
grain from the same image.
Moose
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