That's interesting. One of my many complaints about what I saw, not related
to composition, was that the very expensive "vintage" prints were, well
let's say it, FLAT. Changing tastes? Perhaps, but the photos in the book
would have been reproduced by shooting photos of the original photos with a
process camera on litho film through a halftone screen, giving an
unavoidable boost in contrast.
From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:32 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: 280 megapixels
Bill Pearce wrote
>
> Well, I do get out, and I?ve had the misfortune of seeing prints made by
> the great Ansel, which were quite a disappointment as well. The best I?ve
> seen are ones by a friend who has taken an Epson and sacrificed it to B&W
> printing by using sour colors of black ink. The results are amazingly
> good, but still have what I have seen as a loss of dmax, a characteristic
> of either inkjet printing or the taste of people using inkjet printers.
A short few years ago the Ansel Adams print exhibition came to
Christchurch, and I saw it. I think it was his 100 best prints, or some
such.
Yes, it was great to see his work in the flesh.
But I also have the book with the same prints, and to tell the truth, I like
the
book prints a whole lot better. Heresy or not.
Brian Swale.
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