What do I need to do to get quality prints when I enlarge my photos?
Robert
What do I need to do to get quality prints when I enlarge my photos?
Robert
Quality negatives and sound technique!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robert for people to help you with this problem you need to provide more information as to your working methods, equipment etc. Good luck,
Good negative, quality enlarging lens used within its' optimization range and within its' optimal aperture range. Critically aligned enlarger Glass negative carrier proper enlarging and processing technique
One other thing to add. Many negatives seem to be sharp only to fall apart when enlarged because, at contact size, you don't see that they are out-of-focus. A good lupe for focusing on the ground glass is a must. I didn't realize that my close-up vision was going but started to have enlargment problems. Turned out that what I thought were sharp negatives were not, because I used to have perfect eyesight and could focus on the ground glass unaided, but it failed and what I thought was in focus was not. Enlargments just made it obvious.
It would help if you provided more information. The first thing to check is that your negatives are sharp. Have you examined the negative carefully with a loupe of the same or higher power as the enlarging magnification? Try scratching a sharp line on a bad piece of film and seeing how it looks on a print. Are you using a grain magnifier? If so, does that image look sharp? What enlarging lens are you using? What stop are you using it at? Is this black and white or color?
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