Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Rodgers, David [mailto:david.rodgers@xo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:44 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital cropping >Well, even light isn't so critical now with Photoshop. Stuff that used to >take me an hour to iron out in the darkroom, can now be done with a few >mouse strokes and a slider. The quantity of light you can fix (intensity or contrast), but I find the quality of the light is pretty much set at the moment of exposure. I can certainly rescue minor exposure goofs easily enough with digital, but turning high noon into 7:00 pm in Photoshop is still beyond me... >I'm not sure digital is making me a better photographer. Though >the final output may be better. And I'm sure that it's the quality of the final output by which one is judged as a photographer. There are many stories of world-famous shooters producing egregious negs. If you were to judge their worth on a light table, you might not be near as impressed as when you see the finished print. For me, the mark of a good photographer is how capably they use all the tools at their disposal to realise their vision. You may be right that an easy acceptance of cropping can make you a sloppy shooter, but if the final print looks better for it, they you've ended up a better photographer IMO. Paul