This one is from a series I’m working on, which turns around slowness, in any meaning and perspective you may think of.
You should get it in the first week of January…
Slowness, 2008 © Manuele J Sarfatti
…and Happy New Year!
December 29, 2008 by M J
This one is from a series I’m working on, which turns around slowness, in any meaning and perspective you may think of.
You should get it in the first week of January…
Slowness, 2008 © Manuele J Sarfatti
…and Happy New Year!
Speaking of slowness. I got your print in perfect condition a little more than a week ago. It’s been on one of my print stands ever since, and I’m enjoying it.
I think the three main features in the image balance each other quite well. The symmetry os slightly offset, which creates some dynamics in the composition. One thing I’m curious of; The picture is not hanging straight. Was it intentional, or just by accident. I’m not quite sure what to think of it. I kind of like it, but a completely straight picture would fit more with the title “slowness”. I’m not sure, maybe I just think too much.
The gray scales are great, but there are some dust specs and scratches that disturbs a bit. I assume you have printed this from negative film at a pro lab? I think a good cleanup would be good for this pictures. It’s not that many details, so the large smooth areas get much attention, and the flaws stands out just a bit too much. I
The picture was hanging that way, I simply didn’t touch anything! As for the print, I was waiting for the first comment, but i have to say that I wasn’t impressed at all for the same reason. The grain got ugly once printed, and the picture is a little dirty.
This is a digital print from a flat-bed scanned 6×6 negative. I wanted to have the greatest control over the print, so I decided to scan it and adjust it at the PC. The overall black&white levels are pretty much as I wanted them, but I think that the scanning process is simply the wrong way to go (even if i spent a lot of time cleaning the dirt bits from the file).
I will try again with a professional hand print directly from the negative, with instructions to the printer guy.
I don’t know.
If you scanned it, it would be quite easy to fix the specs in Photoshop. Probably much easier than printing by hand. As for the print being gritty, that may be the scanning process. Maybe Martin can tell something about this. As far as I know, he’s done quite much negative scanning.