Believe I saw the same show, Frank. Was a surprisingly athletic exposure performance. I didn't quite get the reason the large bank of very bright lights in the area. You?
Jack --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The two most interesting things I learned after viewing the PBS > show the > > other evening. Ansel was an accomplished musician, and the fact > that he > > considered a negative similar to a musical score and the print was > the > > performers interpretation of the score. > > > > Also, along these lines, I think he would have loved to be able to > use > > PhotoShop. > > I don't know if that was the documentary I saw on him a couple of > years ago - whether it was or not, I'm sure it was interesting. > > The one I saw showed him dodging and otherwise exposing a huge print > in the darkroom, and it was as if he were dancing! Very cool. > > Given that he was something of a control-freak (or "precise" - > whatever works best for you...) WRT both negative and print > exposures, > I don't doubt he'd have loved PS. It would have given him the > control > of the process that he wanted with much more precision than any > darkroom could. > > Interesting observation, Bill. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
