Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:52 AM 9/28/98 -0400, you wrote: >Ulesmann would be the first to say there are no bad negs. >Cutting out selected images from strips to mount in slide carriers seems >counter productive. > >If you bracket your exposures you might have a good print candidate >either right or left of your 'perfect' image, one that may later become >less perfect for some unknown reason. >I hope a person that uses this method of archiving at least saves the >'discarded' images in some way. > >While montage is not for the faint of heart, those 'worthless' shots >might just become the linch pin for a fantastic print. > Phil - Don't tell me this! :-( Editing is the hardest thing I do. There is no way I could save everything, but it stil kills me to throw away something I "might be able to use someday". I find my ratio of discards is directly related to the available light. When there is almost no light, I am happy to get one or two savers on a roll. Without Leica M's and fast lenses even those would be impossible. The out-of-focus or motion-affected shots get thrown out. If I saved them all, I'd have to build another house! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>