Digital BW, The Print

Ian said:

>Considering all the various versions of >"Moonrise---" that I've seen 
>(printed by >AA) I'm not too sure about his unerring >previsualization.

Where did you see a claim that he was "unerring?"  If you read his writings 
you'll see plenty of admissions of mistakes, failures, problems, differences 
in approach over a period of time. I think that's a tribute to his 
willingness to grow and change, sometimes successfully sometimes not.  And 
would you expect hundreds of prints of the same negative (ignoring the minor 
foreground intensification) made over a period of some thirty years to all 
look the same?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <photoian@...>
To: "Group" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] For you Ansel Adams Fans


Considering all the various versions of "Moonrise---" that I've seen 
(printed by AA) I'm not too sure about his unerring previsualization.

Ian




Message: 17
   Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:58:15 -0000
   From: "Johnny Eades" <jeades1@...>
Subject: Re: For You Ansel Adams Fans

This was the skill and genius of Ansel. He saw the finished print
before making the exposure. Knowing his technique to the degree that
he could do that is his legacy to the photographic community. Making
it second nature prepared him for almost any scene encountered. Now I
know some will jump on me about that statement, but it's a gift to be
able to envision the finished print and know how to take the existing
image as captured and turn it into the finished print with
reproducable abilities time after time. The majority of that Zone
System can be applied to our digital efforts as well as to film. The
steps may differ, but they will lead us to the finished print in a
more predictable manner than point and shoot and then rely on either
darkroom efforts or computer software efforts to create the print.
This is only one method we can use, but FOR ME, it is my PERSONAL
choice.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny

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