contrast tends to go down as you enlarge more. you end up compensating. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Re[2]: Format & print-size (was Re: Just curious ...)
> From what I've observed, it seems a bit more like the balloon concept. > Before you blow up a balloon, the color is quite rich and dark. The > more air you put in (enlarge), the color gets thinner. I would > suspect that the same holds true to some degree with enlarging. > Because you are not enlarging the big negative as much, it would > appear a bit richer than the small negative. This is just an > observation, rather than a known fact.