Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/20

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Subject: [Leica] re: silver vs pixels
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Feb 20 16:57:08 2006

Thanks, Richard - But I didn't say that you can't make a great print from a
mediocre neg - Ansel Adams did it many times. What I believe is that you
can't make a great photograph from a mediocre neg, in the sense that the neg
has to have a great image on it.


On 2/20/06 7:53 PM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:

> You go Doug! Those darned Ivy League photography teachers probably never
> raise a viewfinder to their eyes in their lifes!
> 
> :-)
> 
> Note that B.D. did not say that. He just said you can't make (or at least
> it will take a Herculean effort to make) a great print from a mediocre neg.
> He didn't say you can't make a great print from a great neg :-)
> 
> At 04:42 PM 2/20/2006, Douglas Nygren wrote:
> 
>> While you may say that you prefer the photographer who takes the photo in
>> the camera to the one who make it in the darkroom, I hasten to inform you
>> are dreaming if you think all the work can be done at the moment you snap
>> the photo. It is the rare photo, that comes out of the camera without
>> needs a little here and there. This is true in the digital and the wet
>> darkroom. When you snap the photo, the process has only just begun. If the
>> day is overcast, you have to deal with the lack of contrast. If you don't,
>> you will have a flat photo. An awareness of how photos print will allow
>> you to expose your photos better.
>> ...
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
> 
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