Russel Fouts on sun 6 feb 00
Bruce,
>> 2) Film has a very limited range compared to human vision. What appears
on the film is very definitely _not_ what the photographer saw. Film is too
sensitive to blue, drops off way too quickly in the shadows, and blocks up
in the highlights. Shooting several photos at different exposures and
recombining them to extend the contrast range is simply a way to extend the
usefulness of the photographic medium. Such photos, despite being
composites, better represent what the photographer saw. Galen Rowell, a
well-known nature photographer whose photos have appeared in many National
Geographics issues, has used this technique. No way do I consider this
lying. I would not expect such a photo to be labeled as digitally enhanced.
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Just curious but when the photographers were producing their "composite
images", were they doing it with darkroom techniques or with photoshop. I
suppose there are ways to do it with both.
Russel
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