On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:53:53 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2015-04-13 22:42:16 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:39:14 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

Here is a B&W take of my Exposure 7 trial.

For this rendition I wanted to see how it matched up against NIK Silver
Efex Pro 2, and I am impressed.

Here I used an Ilford B&W emulation + Vignette, and added 50% grain as
if developed in Rodinal, and a few other tweaks.
This really looks like grain, not noise.
https://db.tt/NBuFaHS1

I guess that's OK, if you want to photograph grain. :-(

I wasn't trying to photograph grain. I was trying to emulate a classic
B&W film, and a classic developer, both of which together would produce
a reasonably visually pleasing grain. It managed this task quite well,
and I didn't have to handle the smells of a wet darkroom. I can
certainly get a similar result with NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, but I am
test driving Exposure 7 right now.

I'm aware of all that. What I'm trying to say is that it is far too
grainy for my taste. Just after I posted I read your post describing
how your vision is soft focus and you hope that will be fixed by your
forthcoming eye operations. It then occurred to me to wonder how your
views on what is a desirable amount of visible grain will be affected
by your forthcoming eye operations. It will be interesting to hear
back from you once your vision has settled down.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens