[Leica] Ice hockey shots, wide open

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

If I may interject two thoughts here -
1. After making that first cut - and after waiting - file ALL the negs;
2. Same goes for digital. Save EVERYTHING that is not grossly under or
over exposed, blurred beyond hope, or similarly out of focus.

If people would treat digital files with the same slavish respect they
show their negatives, the future of digital images wouldn't be in doubt.
Yes, you will have to update media and restore them from time to time.
But so what. Just save the same things, and re-save them every so often.
It's neither rocket science nor particularly heaving lifting.

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Ted Grant
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:02 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ice hockey shots, wide open


Peter Dzwig offered:

> I think that there is a fourth stage: reviewing the negs/scans after a
> "respectable" interval (your own definition) and realising that
(maybe) 
> one or two of the images that you threw out the first time has merits
that 
> you had previously missed.<<<<<,,

Hi peter,
This is truer than many think.  Recently while we re-organize and edit
some 
of the old shoot files .... like some from 40 years ago ;-) I've found 
negs-contact sheets with frames that were never printed only to be 
pleasantly surprised how they were 40 years ago and never printed. A
couple 
anyway. ;-)

So sometimes as you say, we should do first edit, then let the stuff sit
for 
awhile before completely discarding the negs. Then return for another
look 
on a different day in a different mood with sharper eyes. One does get 
surprised as in... "How did I ever miss this?"

Makes a scary point about digital when one does a first cut edit and 
"DELETES" a bunch never to have them to go back to another day .......
or 
year! :-)

That's why in some cases "film is forever!" You always have negs. ;-)

ted


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