Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images

[Paul Stenquist]

I have experienced the same situation. Some negatives are very 
difficult to print, and the best sample can be extremely hard to 
repeat. As Shel said, dodging and burning isn't the only technique that 
can be employed, but for a given negative, it is sometimes absolutely 
necessary. And the nature of the beast is that it's difficult to 
control.
Paul
On Apr 6, 2005, at 12:09 AM, William Robb wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images

That's a ridiculous statement ...
Not really.
I have a few negatives that I have managed to make, if not a perfect 
print, at least a very good one, and even with careful notes and 
diagrams of my dodging and burning routine, have not been able to 
repeat the best print.
It happens....

William Robb

[Original Message]
From: Herb Chong

also, in the
wet darkroom, getting the perfect print from a negative once doesn't 
mean
you will ever get it again.