This and roaming through TOPE 9 remind me of an experience years ago.
I was in a museum wandering around and stumbled into an exhibit of Ansel
Adams prints. It was different from others I've seen in that it showed
more than one print of several images. What it made apparent was how
heavily Adams sometimes adjusted the original negative in the darkroom.
I particularly remember a (relatively?) straight print of the famous
graveyard in NM next to a larger finished print. The white crosses that
fairly glow and define the image in the prints we all know are quite
unremarkable in the straight print. It made me realize he was really an
artist who created the vision he saw in his mind, not someone who simply
recorded the scene in front of him.
I just left a comment on a TOPE entry (and may leave others) about how I
would adjust the image in an image editor (in effect burning in a part),
and wanted to add some perspective about where I am coming from in
making such suggestions.
Walt Wayman wrote:
In case anybody else is interested in watching:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/740459.asp
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