At 06:44 PM 9/11/2006 , Tim wrote: Well, I always look close up, regardless of size. Don't you? ;-) (and I always compare grain sharpness in all 4 corners - just habit I suppose.) Tim http://www.worldoflithprinting.com September 12, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick, I've gotten myself into trouble comparing grain sharpness in all four corners... or, at least, by talking about it! My pontifications on the subject were most overweeningly disturbing to a gallery employee who took it upon himself to hotly defend the technical prowess of whichever photographer I had slurred. And me a conflict avoider ... Of all people, it was Natalie I witnessed get into trouble looking up close in a gallery. Lectured mercilessly by an officious official with a flashlight. Breath can penetrate glass frames, you know. It was enough to make a photographer print display versions to, umm, display, and fine art versions to lock away in refrigerated drawers, next to the spare security guards. Anyway, it's just because of viewers like you that I use black backdrops! At least two and often all four of my corners are solid black ... regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. website: www.heylloyd.com telephone: 416-686-0326 email: portrait@xxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ -- ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.