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So I take it, as long as what I post represents what I consider the final print will look from the darkroom then I can use what ever tools I want in photoshop to achieve this? So I can color all I want if what I'm producing from a B&W neg matches what I envision my tri-color gum image will look that I will be trying to produce? This allows me to post a heavily manipulated muti-layer digital image that is representational of what I hope the darkrrom print will be. I just want to be sure of the rules here.

Thank you all for the advices. I have scanned the negative with vuescan. I use the color-film based option, so all black and white negatives have some brown colors after scanning.
Remember that all pictures you see here in the forum are digital! I work in the darkroom and hybrid too. So there is no discussion about the board rules here.

I love your image. But I regret one thing, as for your photo of Manuela: the little lack of light on her face.
Just a bit more, that would be great
All the best

Aurelien

Whilst I agree with Aurelien with regard to the fill light on Manuela, I don't think so with this one. I do like the darkness of the face.
Using a fill here I think would take away the moodiness or "Motif" for the whole look of the picture.
I like this one as it is.
Mick.

"Thank you all for the advices. I have scanned the negative with vuescan. I use the color-film based option, so all black and white negatives have some brown colors after scanning.
Remember that all pictures you see here in the forum are digital! I work in the darkroom and hybrid too. So there is no discussion about the board rules here."

I'm not sure what Ultra8 means when he writes, "there is no discussion about the board rules," but the request here is that neg scans should be true to what can or will be done when printed. This would mean that the image should have been posted as a black and white image not as an image toned via scanning as a colour neg.

Yes all images on the forum are digital (we are on the web after all), but we ask that posted images represent a traditional print or transparency. A search on the site will yield more information on the topic.