For all of those that are disappointed with some of Ansel Adams darkroom
techniques, I offer this suggestion.
Take Two bodies and load one with print film and use the great Olympus
Auto mode. The other body has to be in manual mode and load a roll of
Velvia.
Next you must go to various scenes and take photos with each camera
(manual mode first of course) of the same scene. Middle of the day
would be great, maybe on a nice white sandy beach, or downtown with some
harsh shadows. Maybe find a real shiny black car in the sun and shoot
around it.
Next compare the outcome.
I'll bet the prints taken with the auto camera and printed on the auto
machines will be far and away your best exposures.
Maybe before judgment is passed on Ansel's developing techniques, we
should consider what most partake in, and take for granted by shooting
print film in Auto mode every day.
Tweak, adjust, enhance in the camera or at Wall Marts Fuji's auto
developer / printer or do it by hand.
Who cares? Just get the shot and make it look pretty and be proud.
BW
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joel Wilcox
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:53 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] archive slide scanning
At 12:17 AM 6/28/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> My gripe is when these programs become the Dudley Doright
>of photography, riding in to save the day when Little Nell didn't do
the
>job taking the original shot, counting on Dudley to fix it later.
>
>Walt
I'm not sure why you say this. I've been using Photoshop for a fairly
long
time and have never really "fixed" a basically unacceptable image.
Analog
or digital, GIGO is a first principle.
I suppose it depends on what one finds acceptable or unacceptable. I'm
always just trying to get something close to the original beauty of the
film and don't spend much time agonizing over the throwaways. I suppose
there are ways to use Photoshop to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,
but that sort of time spent would be my notion of Life in Hell.
Joel W.
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