I'd send it back stating your disappointment. I also suspect you're
correct about the latest high end ink jets being superior print makers.
But it wouldn't pay for me to put one of those on my desk.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 1:33 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 10/4/2010 5:06 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Whether the dye transfer was necessary or not I don't know but the
>> ferns are still very pretty even on my screen. :-)
>
> Lovely, unusual subject, nice composition. The colors on the web
> image and the print are quite similar, with those on the print
> perhaps a bit more vibrant. Still, I'd like to see how a first rate
> inkjet print compares. I'm just not seeing anything that says to me
> that the image colors transcend those of other printing techniques. I
> can certainly imagine that in dye transfer's time, especially before
> Cibachrome, that it stood out from other wet printing technologies.
>
> My problem with the print, though, isn't in the color, but in other
> aspects. The fuzziness in the web image, which I imagined to be an
> artifact of putting it on the web - isn't. And the print is soft in a
> way I find disturbing. I don't see any simple plane of clear focus.
> It may just be that the lack of a 3D look makes it impossible for me
> to properly judge the depth of each element.
>
> Still, in most images, there is a clear point of focus where the
> subject(s) are really sharp, with them becoming progressively softer
> in front of and behind that plane. That just isn't the case here. In
> fact, I have trouble finding a point or two that are really sharp. I
> suppose it may be a combination of conventional DOF and a slightly
> less than perfect registration of the three color layers on this
> particular print.
>
> The second issue, for me, is just plain old blown highlights in the
> yellow fern, especially in the frond that's sticking straight up.
> Now, looking at the web image, I see it's not blown in the way the
> print is.
>
> Sooo ... I took a chance on seeing and owning something legendary.
> <http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/10/ctein-dye-trans.html>
> As it turned out, I got something of legend, but in the 'flesh' a bit
> of a pig in a poke. I wouldn't pay $10 for this print in a gallery.
>
> Still, perhaps lesson learned. No more buying TOP print offers.
>
> S. B. Wiser Moose
>
>
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