I don't know if this sort of thing is useful or not - whether I've left out some critical ingrediant - but for what it's worth, I put together a couple of pages about The Making of One Inkjet Print .
How Ansel did this for (how many did he do 25 - 40?) I don't know. It is time consuming to try and show.
I can tell you this - it took longer to write about than to actually do. If you have any suggestions, would be glad to hear 'em. (P.S. I didn't spell-check it because I think it's time for a nap now.)
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Dave, Yes this bored me to death, but I can't stand tech stuff...This is so detailed that you should be getting paid for your secrets! Maybe teaching's a good idea for you, I know I'd suck at it...
I'll revise it tomorrow for typos etc. but I don't think I can make it any more entertaining.
I have the Adams book somewhere and I think it's 40 photographs. You should do your best 40 in tribute to Ansel, and believe me, you'd have a very salable commodity. Too many people need your knowledge because they no longer have darkrooms...It's a Brave New World Dave...Your book can show them the way!
Yup. It's called, Examples, The Making of 40 Photographs. I remember reading it a long time ago and just being blown away by the amazing energy it must have taken to do that one.
For me - just doing one may have been my limit. I could see doing two more: one based on a film negative; and one where there's loads of futzing in PS.
However - by the time those two are done I'd bet that techniques in PS and even the printer I'm using might be different. Whereas, I bet his darkroom examples are still relevant (if you are in the darkroom).
I think mine will be called, in homage to Ansel: Examples: The Making of 3 Photographs.
Hi Craig - one of the things I didn't make clear in the article is that Advanced B&W Mode - and how it treats RGB is very specific to the 4800 and the 2400.
I need to explain this further in the article - but this method is dependent on the specific printer driver you are using.
You won't get the same results using these settings with another printer.
I am going to try to explain it further in the article.
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