Re: HIE woes (was: Ilford SFX 200)

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Mon, 09 Sep 1996 18:28:29 +0100, you wrote:

|I was really ready to "kiss" Kodak HIE goodbye, but I rally like the
|look and have not been able to get that look through any other means.

The price inevitable...

|Which brings me to a question. Has anyone got any advice on printing from
|these negatives? The way that Kodak behaves with foilage and sunlight by
|going almost white in parts of the leaves, it is really hard to print from
|the negs. Burning in is desired, but there a so many little "really light"
|places that need attention. If you get the exposure right for the medium
|to dark areas then you have got white areas that are a problem.

When I had my own darkroom, I guess I did was Cor was suggesting:
Printing on variable-contrast paper using a low-contrast filter for
one section and a high-contrast filter for another to solve problems
of shadow or highlight detail.  Usually it was a question of making an
overall exposure through one filter and then burning in with the
other.

But these days, if I could afford my own 35mm scanner, I'd scan the
negative and alter the transfer curve in Photoshop.  This way you can
add or subtract contrast independently in various parts of the curve.
You can achieve quite remarkable results that way.  (I do it
frequently working from quick-processed XP-2 prints for a catalog
client.)

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