pjo@floyd.UUCP (10/24/83)
I had an enlargement made from a negative by a camera store lab. The original print had a black background and the enlargement that I received had a dull grayish background.I'd like to know if this is charac- teristic of enlargements from negatives,if the lab should have done a better job,or should I have given certain instructions on how I wanted the enlargement to come out. Thanks in advance for any responses. :wq
keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (10/25/83)
No, a greyish background is not necessarily typical of enlarged prints, nor can the lab be said to have done a bad job. The problem is that there is no absolute correct way to make a print from a negative. There are too many variables and subjective decisions to be made, either by a human directly, or by the settings which were programmed into an automatic printer. If you really know how you want an enlargement to come out, the best way to get it is either to specify as well as you can verbally, or even better, if you have a print which you're satisfied with and want an enlargement which looks like that print, give them the print with your order, and specify that the enlargement should look like the print. Incidentally, if you don't like the way the enlargement came out, many labs will redo it for you if you complain. Try bringing back the enlargement, along with the print you have, and see if you can get them to redo the enlargement with the smaller print as a guide. Morris Keesan decvax!bbncca!keesan