dreammoose wrote:
> People who shoot slides (as I mostly did for years), tend to use the
> slide as reference to what the scene really looked like when printing
> them. However, both experience, reading al the discussions here and
> elsewhere about the color, saturation, contrast, etc., etc.
> characteristics and reading photo magizine film tests with the color
> reproductions of standard targets shot with different films make it
> clear that this is not really a reliable standard either. The truth is
> that there is no way on earth to know just what that scene looked like
> when the picture was taken. There is no reference color capturing system
> which is perfect.
>
Yes, there is no perfect color reproduction system on earth, but it
didn't mean we have to give up on making it more close to the original
(if needed).
> Remember Ansel Adams and many other famous photographers manipulated
> their images extensively to get the picture the saw in their heads,
> rather than the imperfect image the science of photography produced
> unaided by human artistry and imagination. My rule that I commend to you
> is make it look real and/or make it look good, in whatever combination
> suits you. In the last 4 shots on
<snip>
Photographic art is another issue, you may even intentionally to make
the color "wrong". BTW Ansel shot mainly B/W, there is no color
accuracy :-)
C.H.Ling
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