That might sound a bit silly, but that's generally how I view the gallery here.
So I shoot a negative, process it and end up with a perfect silver print just as I´ve envisioned it.. Then I want to show it in here and I scan it..
It then comes out of the scanner a bit well dullish crap scannerish like so I correct it to represent the original positive print as close as possible using levels, sharpening, dodge/burn and what not..
Does that make this particular image and process unethically digital?
one should be cautious of being a tad too moralistic here in how it's addressed.
I just want to see what others are doing, to not have proof of what they are doing -- so I am fine with any way to faithfully reproduce our analog work for the computer screen.
. . . Clearly, not everyone treats the APUG gallery as some kind of showroom for finished fine art products, so why insist on viewing it that way?
Ian
Did I say that? :confused: Finished fine art products?
If the image in the gallery is a digital fabrication, does it really belong there?
When I scan a negative to post on the web, how much manipulation do you feel is ethical?
When I shoot digital it is a different situation but when I shoot film I want the process to be analogue. But as we all know to share our film photography on line we have to scan a negative or a print.
Some "sharpening" seems to be necessary maybe some contrast???
What are your thoughts. Please accept this question in the spirit it is being asked.
When I post here I want to show my analogue skills and not my PhotoShop skills.
I guess you have a valid point and one which brings me to again re-evaluate the notion that anyone who does not have the resources, time, space, to establish a traditional darkroom workflow, should just stop shooting film, hang it up and call it a day...or go digital. Am I correct? .
I guess you have a valid point and one which brings me to again re-evaluate the notion that anyone who does not have the resources, time, space, to establish a traditional darkroom workflow, should just stop shooting film, hang it up and call it a day...or go digital. Am I correct?
No. I started developing the film and then scanning and printing with an ink jet.
I did not like the costs, constant replacement of ink and the results were not that impressive. I looked at other printers. For me the break point was that I could buy an enlarger, lenses and a drum drier for less than another photo printer. But the real break point was not money but room. I had the space to dedicate a room to become a darkroom. That is the real expense of darkroom work.
Steve
In areas with basements, it us usually free space, more or less.
But basements are rare in condo; there they are mostly deleted!
And even rarer in places that are at or below sea level, behind dykes!
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