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MichaelSoE

(1,576 posts)
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 02:53 PM Feb 2022

Ansel Adams "The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance."

With that in mind, I opened one of my raw files and took it into the digital darkroom. I had already created an interpretation years earlier. After I was finished working on the raw file this morning, I opened the first print file to compare how they differed.

Just a side note: When I took the original I had a softening filter on the camera.



Today's print



The print from 10 years ago

On edit: This is the original file. It has been adjusted in raw.



Original raw file

After seeing what I did this morning I was amazed. Critiquing the two, I was not happy with the dodging and burning on the first print. Blocked shadows on the right and blown out highlights. I also enjoy the increased contrast in the today's attempt. The shadows on the right side of the house just pop and the detail on the doors is much better.

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Ansel Adams "The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance." (Original Post) MichaelSoE Feb 2022 OP
Very interesting! StarryNite Feb 2022 #1
Thank you. I am pleased also. I may do it again in 10 years. MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #2
Love the new version! ShazzieB Feb 2022 #3
This was taken in the Koyari neighborhood on the island of Aruba MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #4

ShazzieB

(22,883 posts)
3. Love the new version!
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:54 PM
Feb 2022

May I ask where this was taken? I am fascinated by the building in the left background and dying to know where/what it is.

MichaelSoE

(1,576 posts)
4. This was taken in the Koyari neighborhood on the island of Aruba
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 07:08 AM
Feb 2022

It was morning and the building in the background is a hotel ... the Riu. The gleaming white edifice in contrast to the simple "Cunucu house" really caught my eye.

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