Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aye, Laddy - and therein lies the trick - don't it ?? Change paper or change developer or change film or paper development or contrast mask or... See ref AA or Howard Bond and _ESPECIALLY_ Phil Davis (BTZS - Beyond the Zone System) - the answer to your prayers. shan At 01:19 PM 1/11/01 -0500, you wrote: >I know how to control the highlights in a print, and I know how to get the >black of the shadows where I want them. Now the problem is the mid-tones. >I have a shot taken on a sunny day of some people sitting on white wooden >benches. I can expose so that I get texture in the wood and select a grade >that gives me shadows where they should be, but mid-tones, such as faces in >the shadow, end up too dark and too low in contrast. What should I do? > >M. > >-- >Martin Howard | "Why do I think that MacOS is better than >Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Windows? Well, you can put sideburns and >email: howard.390@osu.edu | shades on a 50-year old guy...but that still >www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ | don't make him Elvis" -- Unknown > +--------------------------------------------