Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry,

> > > How could you possibly get the deep shadow detail with great contrast
> > > without burning and dodging?
> >
> > Exposure and development...
>
> Sorry, it just can't be done that way!!

Well, I, and many thousands of other people, have no problem doing it that
way...and again, my images bear that out.

> > > Did you
> > > REALLY want that telephone line in your picture?
>
> I mean if it had one, would you just leave it there?

Depends on where it was...or I wouldn't shoot it.

> >
> > If it's there, it's there...  BTW, what telephone line are you talking
> > about?
>
> Generically speaking. I would remove ANY telephone pole or line.  Can't
> stand them.

Ah, but that's YOU...in some images, they may work beautifully.

> Many a fine landscape has been ruined by telephone lines and poles.

Understand, but again, I don't shoot landscapes like you do apparently, so
my needs are different.

Austin