I knew that line would get me in trouble!/QUOTE]
There are many who have that same "line" of thought about the ZS and as a result will always fail to see the big picture.
But like Ralph so eloquently put it, the ZS was never meant to eliminate the those controls------his statement should be an "eye opener" to anyone who thinks abouit the ZS in that way, IMO.
Chuck
What is the "big picture" as you see it?
To me, it is that the zone system is not about the destination, it's about the drive. Is this viewpoint wrong?
What is the "big picture" as you see it?
To me, it is that the zone system is not about the destination, it's about the drive. Is this viewpoint wrong?
Ray
Is visualization not all about the final print, and consequently, destination?
Ray
Is visualization not all about the final print, and consequently, destination?
No, I think not.
Imagine yourself giving a workshop at a University in Kyoto...
That is visualization.
The destination is the lecture, the demonstrations, the work produced while there.
You could always try some Night Photography.It's dark this time of night, and cold - so not just now thanks, tomorrow though
Ian
Anyone here take any pictures?
The three areas of print quality are:
1. Brilliant Highlights
2. High-Contrast Midtones
3. Deep but Detailed Shadows
Anyone here take any pictures?
What is the "big picture" as you see it?
To me, it is that the zone system is not about the destination, it's about the drive. Is this viewpoint wrong?
Sorry for the ambiguity. I personally would not put it in those terms, your viewpoint does not fit why I want to expose and develop with a high degree of efficiency------I want to do so because it's all about the final product, which is the print. That IS the destination, IMO.
Sorry for the ambiguity. I personally would not put it in those terms, your viewpoint does not fit why I want to expose and develop with a high degree of efficiency------I want to do so because it's all about the final product, which is the print. That IS the destination, IMO.
Without a doubt!
Drive or Destination?
It works in literature, but not so often in graphic arts.
More often than not you want a negative where everything from highlights to shadows does quite fit into the paper density range, and you use dodging and burning to pull them them back in, because that strengthens local contrast.
Ralph, didn't you mean to say, "does not quite fit..."?
Correct. I'm glad someone is paying attention! Thanks.
Ray
This statement still comes from the wrong angle, because it implies that eliminating dodging and burning is something to aim for. It isn't!
Let's not ask the Zone System to do what is wasn't designed to do.
The negative is the score, and the print is the performance.
Ansel Adams
I didn't have much to contribute to this thread, but I enjoyed reading every word of it. My hat is off to the major participants, including yourself.
The negative can also be a set of chromosomes, and the print, it's life form.
Ray Rogers
I never said or meant to imply the zone system was designed or supposed to eliminate post negative production controls.
First, I want to point out and ask "How?" your response to my post number 228... appears as post number 220? This sort of "time travel" represents a problem as it may change the record of the flow of thought and our exhange of ideas, not to mention simply confuse people. What could have caused this?
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I am not trying to describe the ZS, nor am I misinterpreting it's purpose....
Come on Ray, if you didn't mean to imply it, then ok that's cool, then what does your statement below mean then?
"The whole sensitometric/zone system thing sort of falls down when one considers that with all the previsualizaton and zone placement going on, dodgeing and burning in still has to be resorted too..."
.....still has to be resorted too..............Sounds to me you think that if one uses dodging and burning during printing, after having gone through the process of visualization, exposing, and developing the negative, then the ZS sort of "falls down", presumably on its face, because it did not yield a flawless negative.
No attitude here, just trying to figure out what your talking about.
Chuck
It's no secret, the world isn't necessarily going to give you the tones you want in the places you want them in the scene. That's why it's called "art" and not "copy". ZS is one path toward that destination, but there are many paths all leading to the same destination.
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