Probably a difference in the paper each lab used. Some were higher in
contrast and some lower. Kodak used to make a gorgeous paper called Portra
that was the best color neg printing paper; most were too contrasty for
me, but Portra was perfect. Most consumer labs used higher contrast papers.
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On 6/13/12 6:52 AM, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Chris Crawford wrote
><big snip>
>>
>> Moose's tone correction looks too light on my screen. I think this is a
>> monitor calibration issue rather than an issue of one of us doing ugly
>> editing, no one seems to have theirs set the same. I think my work is
>> showing too dark and contrasty on Moose's screen compared to mine. The
>> prints look beautiful, but you'll have to take my word for it,
>> unfortunately. Some people liked my version, others liked Moose's, and I
>> suspect that the brightness each viewer had his screen set to influenced
>> which version was preferred
>
>Reading all the debate over this shot, and some others, reminds me of my
>experiences when I was shooting a lot of B&W 45years ago. And before I
>continue I will admit i find Chris' shots too contrasty for my taste.
>
>When I was a student in the UK I would take my negs in to a chemist to be
>developed and printed, and the prints came back better than I had ever
>seen before. To my eyes anyway. There were seldom any dark blacks, nor
>glaring whites. Most tones were various gentle shades of grey, and these
>also seemed to bring out more detail than later would occur.
>
>I returned to New Zealand, and usually the prints were harsh and
>contrasty.
>
>Not knowing what I could do to correct that, I gave up before too long.
>
>Brian Swale.
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