Sunrise

Another fantastic panoramic. I really like what you do with that 6x17.

David William White said:

Another fantastic panoramic. I really like what you do with that 6x17.

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Much obliged David...I love shooting that format.

very nice pan ...

Have you made any prints from these panoramic negatives? For negative scans (without having made prints yet) they appear to have been doctored up digitally quite a bit for here on APUG. This being an analogue forum and all...

Your panoramic compositions are really nice.

Murray

Agree with Murray. Try to get these tones on paper

Great image, love the pano format, would love to do abit myself but getting all that new equipment may hurt the pocket too much, Paul

MurrayMinchin said:

Have you made any prints from these panoramic negatives? For negative scans (without having made prints yet) they appear to have been doctored up digitally quite a bit for here on APUG. This being an analogue forum and all...

Your panoramic compositions are really nice.

Murray

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Murray, all the prints I have shown I am currently printing - having recently gotten a new HP z3200 printer. Currently testing various Ilford paper combinations.

shelldawg said:

Murray, all the prints I have shown I am currently printing - having recently gotten a new HP z3200 printer. Currently testing various Ilford paper combinations.

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SAY WHAT!!?!!

Ummmm...I meant printed, as in a darkroom, in an analogue fashion, you know, like in a way that is not contrary to everything APUG stands for!

As far as I understand the spirit of APUG, negative scans that are not destined to be analogue prints are to represent proof prints, or straight contact prints, not photo shop digital constructions.

Murray

MurrayMinchin said:

shelldawg said:

Murray, all the prints I have shown I am currently printing - having recently gotten a new HP z3200 printer. Currently testing various Ilford paper combinations.

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SAY WHAT!!?!!

Ummmm...I meant printed, as in a darkroom, in an analogue fashion, you know, like in a way that is not contrary to everything APUG stands for!

As far as I understand the spirit of APUG, negative scans that are not destined to be analogue prints are to represent proof prints, or straight contact prints, not photo shop digital constructions.

Murray

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I'll check with the moderators to at what threshold my images cross the boundaries of the spirit of APUG. Some of my images are indeed straight scans, with very little editing other than brightness/contrast, while others do indeed have more editing primarily dodging and burning..

Generally, the idea here is that if you aren't able to post a print scan or a digital photograph of a print, then neg scans are acceptable if they resemble an actual darkroom print that you have made or are working on (scans of positive transparencies are another story). For instance some people only print large (in the darkroom) and don't have any way of digitizing their prints, but might be able to scan a negative and adjust the scan to look like the print, or they may be able to make a digital image that looks more like the wet print from a neg scan than they can by digitizing the print. But if you're printing digitally, then there is no wet print to work from, and this is really more appropriate for our sister site, hybridphoto.com.

Of course everything posted in the online gallery has to be digitized in some way, but generally we acknowledge that the online galleries can only show a mere representation of a real print at best, and the best way to show and appreciate each other's work is through participation in the print exchanges, traveling portfolio, postcard exchange, and regional APUG gatherings.