A Question of Tone

Okay, so this is an old picture to illustrate a problem. I've been making the prints for the Edinburgh exhibition and getting a bit dismayed at how much better (and different) they look compared to the versions on the web. Partly this is the inevitable difference between looking at a nice 12x12 and a small jpeg on a screen, but it's also to do with reproducing tone properly - in fact, up to now, without being able to make and scan prints of every picture, I haven't really attempted it, and all b&w images on my site are just grayscales.

(And lets not even get started on the fact that not many people ever calibrate their monitors, and the same image can look hugely different on someone else's computer...)

Anyway, the above is my attempt to recreate the look and tone of the actual print in photoshop - and here is the original untoned grayscale version for comparison. What do you all think? Is it worth the extra effort to try and reproduce the look of the print on screen, or are grayscales sufficient given the limitations of web viewing?

Catching Up

Sorry for the lack of postings lately - been far too busy, and increasingly gnawed at by stress.

Anyway, this is a picture from my brief trip up to Edinburgh last week for sciencey photo fun. Big thanks to Gaynor and company who were very welcoming, and gave me a really good impression of the city even though I didn't have time to see anything much of it! Looking forward even more now to returning next month; should have time then for a wander around, get some photos, and find a vegetarian haggis to bring back for Kat...

More immediately, my anxiety levels should be much reduced next week, so I'm going to have time to go and see the new Elliott Erwitt exhibition at the NMPFT in Bradford. Love his work and looking forward to it very much, although sadly I'm not going to be around for his talk.

Other news: issues of Shots and Lightleaks are out now for vicarious photo gratification. Filmwasters is the place to be.

On Show (Update)

Okay, so after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing (and arranging to install additional lighting!) the Kro Bar exhibition is on, as planned, from this Friday (10th March). It's going to be up in the room between the bar and rear garden - take a look if you're in the area.