Digital BW, The Print

Always good to get this one running on the list :-))

No doubt the usual suspects will take up their positions... I have respect
for many of the views expressed here, even when I personally think they're
wrong :-))

It's a matter of getting out of your work what you want, sometimes I can go
into techy mode and worry about histograms and density, other times its only
a matter of creating an image that feels right and creates what I wanted
when I first took the picture.  I can live with appreciating the beauty of a
landscape and (as an ex-geologist) understanding rock and soil mechanics.

But not all can...

Recently I was showing a landscape to someone who was very enthusiastic, and
was able to read a depth and significance into the image in a way that had
previously eluded me. All this praise came to a sudden halt when they were
told that it was 'digital'.

The change was abrupt and total. I smiled pleasantly and agreed that yes,
perhaps I should do more to show that it was digital (!)  I then walked
away...


bye for now   

Keith Cooper


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