Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Digital darkroom - when isn't it photography?
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:57:11 -0800

on 3/24/02 1:46 PM, Pete Su at psu@kvdpsu.org wrote:

> Jim Brick said:
>> Once in Photoshop, well, the urge is there and 99% of the time, the
>> print you are printing has been modified to where it is not
>> representative of the original scene.
>> 
> 
> Why come to this conclusion outright? I think there are a lot of people
> doing digital "art" or whatever that fit this profile (Capronigo comes
> to mind), but I think 99% of the people just doing digital printing are
> just using Photoshop to do the same things you do in the darkroom
> (masking, balancing light, contrast control, a bit of sharpening).
> 
> Pete
> 
 
I'm in the latter category.  My goal in using Photoshop is to make my print
look exactly like the original slide.  With Photoshop and a well-calibrated
output machine it's possible.
 
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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