On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:55:16 -0400, Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Back to a.) Making a really, really nice B&W photographic print is very
gratifying somehow. Done well and shown in lots of light,
the different tones seem to glow from behind the plane of the paper. I
know it sounds absurd but consider this: there is no
drugstore in the world that is going to print your photo over and over
again, for 3 hours, until it is perfect. When you get out of
the darkroom and have THAT to show for the time, paradoxically, the time
doesn't matter. There's a badge-of-courage to saying,
"Thanks, it took 2 hours to get the shadow detail right."
Printing B&W is very timeconsuming, smelly, and takes lots of space. If
you've ever seen a real B&W print, though, you may find
that none of this matters.
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wow, superbly said.
/S
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