> It makes me wonder what Ansel would have thought if he could
> have intensified the foreground to increase contrast, treated
> the lower section with a little un-sharp mask and lighten the
> area below the horizon 12 times to what appeared to be
> optimum, all with the newest tools and equipment of the day.
> I also wonder if he would have liked the idea of printing 2 prints
> exactly alike after he finally achieved that perfect print. Hmmm...?
> He probably would have just figured he was one of those
> incompetent photographers who couldn't get it right in the
> camera to begin with.
He would have loved it.
Adams was such a strong proponent of the Zone System that I'd always assumed
he made "straight" prints. (After all, the Zone System is intended to "fit"
the tonal scale of the image to the final print.)
It was only recently that I learned that Adams commonly burned, dodged, and
performed all sorts of manipulations to get the final image he wanted.
We are so caught up in the philosophy of "photography as truth" that we
forget the negative is just the starting point.
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No one knows for sure the ultimate lifespan of recordable CDs. Nor do we
know what future techniques might significantly improve scan quality. It
makes no sense to throw out your slides or negatives, even if you have
hi-res scans.
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