Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George 1. I am only addressing B&W film processing and will leave digital to the new age shooters.(shoot E-6 and watch your highlights as was stated) 2. It is really such basic concept I'm amazed to see it flagellated to death. 3. The low end of the scale responds differently to development that the high end. No amount of processing will provide shadow detail once the shutter button is pressed. This has nothing to do with technique, fine or otherwise, but is almost written in stone. 4. Mark could use his "technique" and have good results in situations where the brightness range cooperates. Highlights aren't generally placed, they fall. That is why knowing how to interpret one's meter is so important. 5. Once a person understands the basic premise there is no such thing as over or under exposure. If, and only if, they understand and utilize some basic procedures. ( here it comes, the "P" word. Previsualization) 6. Most importantly is the final camera setting....F8 and be there.....Exactly what the Leica was designed for. Anything else and you're better off with a Nikon and Micro Nikkor, especially when doing the Petunia thing. :-P Walt Lottermoser George wrote: > The point I wished to make in starting this thread: > Fine photographic technique requires that the photographer 'know' > where s/he wants shadows and highlights fall on the negative, > transparency and/or chip. This requires knowledge of how to control > the shadows and highlights through the use of exposure and development > of the material, whether chemical or digital. > > If Mark controls this by concentrating on perfect highlight placement > for his process without concern for the shadows - that's fine - that's > his technique and apparently he achieves the results he desires. > > I, as others, prefer, when using black and white film, to control > shadows through exposure and highlights through development; unless > the subject demands a different approach. > > What we want to avoid is over or under exposure and over or under > development - implying errors - rather than fine technique. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >