Digital BW, The Print

if anyone only shoots a photo when they *know* they are going to get 
a perfect negative, that will not require any manipulation 
(traditional or digital), they are missing many good shots... you 
have to do your manipulations one way or another... using the Zone 
System up front to get a perfect negative or a lot of experience in 
the darkroom or on the computer to get a good print from a less than 
perfect negative/image... but it will always be your vision that gets 
you a good print and not your technical perfection.  Manipulation 
doesn't have any place in my vision, but sometimes it is a neccesary 
step to get my prints closer to my vision.

mark

...
> > Why limit your vision?
> 
> Who said anything about limiting vision?  If YOUR vision requires 
you to
> do
> heavy manipulations, then that's your vision, and that, perhaps, 
works
> well
> for you.  If mine does not require it, and I achieve my goal 
without it,
> then why is that a problem?
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