Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 30/09/2005, at 2:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > As for manipulating the image to take the barge out or blur it in > Photoshop--both of those would be against my self-imposed "digital > code of conduct" which basically says that I will not do anything in > Photoshop which I did not do when I was printing in the wet darkroom. > This means that cropping, rotating, levels adjustments, conversion to > B&W are all OK, but taking out or adding elements, or selectively > blurring them, is strictly Verboten. The only exception to this rule > is unsharp masking--I did not do it in the darkroom, but in the > digital world it is necessary, so I make an exception there. I used unsharp masks in the computer before trying it in the darkroom: It was a technique I shied away from for years, but last year I entered the world of darkroom masks --- the results can be great, but I'd stick to the digital version unless you are as crazy as me ;-) Cheers Alastair