Digital BW, The Print

The most important thing to remember in digital is "expose for the
highlights, and 'develop' for the shadows". The exact opposite as it is
for film. Instead of exposing for the shadows and putting them on III,
expose for the highlights and put them on VII.

I'm trivializing it, of course, but I don't like HDR at all (whenever
I've seen it -- and indeed, that's the key, I don't *want* to see it),
so I prefer to choose my exposure more carefully when I first take the
photograph, rather than layer multiple photographs together.

Andrew

On 10/11/2009 04:48 PM, Iric S wrote:
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> 
> As a long time film user, I lived and breathed the 6 step zone system.
> Does anyone have any information on the details or mental changes needed
> for the 5 step digital zone, or how HDR can reproduce the 6 zone spread?
> Even think pieces would be useful for me.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 

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