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Subject: [Leica] My Zone System Days
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:37:04 +0200
References: <A0DF6398-3260-4DA5-85F3-D186BD63F30C@gmail.com> <5624061E.30105@summaventures.com>

Thank you Peter!

Do you think that highlights are too brilliant? In my monitor they don?t 
look too much brilliant, seeing the picture (on the monitor) I even thought 
that they was so low. In the printed picture looks more brilliant but they 
don?t arrive to Zone X except in some very small points, in the print they 
are Zone IX and on my screen I think they could be Zone VIII. I have my 
monitor calibrated however my final control is with the histogram clipping, 
I take a look and try always avoid or be just at the limit of the zones 0 
and X, on this case I have controlled this and not saw a problem. In my 
opinion is a certain lack of contrast on the center of the image and on the 
foreground? I will review it and maybe apply a small touch of Silver Efex 
Pro2.

Cheers
Lluis

  


El 18/10/2015, a les 22.50, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va 
escriure:

> When I first saw it I thought it over-sharp. Then when I went to the large
> inmages I realised that what I thought was too sharp is in fact just a lot 
> of
> detail in the foreground. The highlights are very bright and blown in 
> places. I
> think that a bit more time in LR - or whatever - would be well-spent.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 18/10/2015 18:40, lluisripollphotography wrote:
>> In the 80?s I was learning and doing a lot of exercises of the the Zone 
>> System, I recognize it was an excellent apprenticeship for learning and 
>> acquire practice estimating the light, B&W, developing. Now I compare 
>> this time as the are arpeggios exercises for a pianist, the necessary 
>> exercises to forget the technique when is playing.
>> 
>> This picture is te scan from a print I?ve do on my Darkroom in Ilford 
>> Gallery No.1, I want scan the negative and try to improve the contrasts, 
>> when I have more time.
>> 
>> 
>> Toll, El Brugent River, La Riba (Tarragona) 
>> 
>> Please view large
>> 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Zone+System+Days/1984040219PLLR5.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Leica R3, Super Angulon 21mm f4, Film Technical Pan 2415  ISO25, 
>> developed in Technidol L.C., with pre-weting and interrupted developing 
>> resting 1 min. in water.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for looking!
>> 
>> Saludos cordiales 
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> 
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