Jack Lowe wrote:-
> Transparencies take a lot of decisions out of your hands too early in the > printing process (in my opinion); shadows block up and highlights blow out > far too quickly. However, this does give an immediately pleasing result to > most people but, for me, there just isn't enough scope for control at the > scanning, tonal/colour correction, retouching and printing stages. I should > have just said 'post-production'! This is largely due to photographers working with light of too high a contrast for chrome to handle. To be blunt, a lot of photographers do not have any comprehension of creative lighting. Judicious use of a spotmeter and an understanding of the zone system goes along way. William Curwen =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
