Digital BW, The Print

Austin Franklin wrote:

>Hi Bob,
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>It depends on what you mean by "manipulations".  I rarely ever did burning
>and dodging...of course, I matched the exposure time/aperture/paper etc. to
>get the best tonal range I could...
>
>Austin
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Hmmm.. some would say you were therefore "weak" in the craftsmanship 
department...


Also, if you don't cram that wider tonal range onto the print somehow, 
your print loses repro of parts of the "realistic" tonal range.. making 
thephoto less "realistic" and more "abstract", no ?

Keith



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