Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, in my dayjob, I write compilers, specifically code generators and optimizers. There are probably fewer than a thousand of us in the entire world doing that full time professionally :-) On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > You seem to have a masochistic streak running in you (-: > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Richard Man <richard.lists at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> I saw that and would love to have a print of THAT :-) >> >> I don't want to drag in to film vs. digital again, but I am learning >> to do dodging and burning the old fashion ways again lately (last did >> it in HS), and there is certain satisfaction of wiggling fingers and >> adjusting this and that and get different and presumably better >> results. >> >> Adams is oft-quoted as having said the negative is the score and the >> print is the performance, and I think this is actually one of the >> things that make darkroom printing enjoyable for some. There is always >> an element of imprecision, of improvisation. Live vs, recording.... -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963