Digital BW, The Print

Amen to that Mark,

I think you hit the nail on the head.  

The other thing that I was confused by in this thread was the question of art.  
Since when did art become a bad word?  And since when did the determining 
factor as to whether or not something is a work of art become tied to the 
process it took to make it? (or the process it didn't take?)

Justin

Mark Wrote:
> 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
>