Re: Where were you? (part four)
Wade_Zi...@adobeforums.com
ISO 1000? OK go back and try ISO 100 @ � and maybe a tripod and 1/80 of a second.
Why would you shoot a 1/800 and use ISO 1000 in broad daylight?
Why not use the camera at its optimal dynamic range?
What you did doesn't make sense and is contributing to a poorly exposed and rendered image.
Keep in mind that landscapes like this are often shot on overcast days and slightly over exposed.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File>:EliotPorter.jpg
<http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/porter/13807201_zm.html>
<http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/porter/13809401_zm.html>
<http://www.afterimagegallery.com/porterinwildness.htm>
this is just a different perspective on enhancing the subject without really doing anything other then being sensitive to the subject and reproducing it really well. Keep in mind that for some reason every photo I have seen of Elliot Porter's work on the web seems quite dark compared to the prints he exhibit over the years. Which I understand where all dye transfers.
BTW linda the dye transfer process allowed for color correction to a very large degree and even enhancements to a particular color in a particular part the image. for instance you could subdue the color of the leaves or brighten them and if you really want change the color completely. All photomechanically! Just like in photoshop.
Also allowed you to do something that would be difficult but not impossible to do in Photoshop.
You could use a making technique to remove the haze effect on distant objects like tree on the horizon and sharpen the detail in that area of the image only gave it less of a photographic look but more like what one actually would see.
Photoshop killed the need for Dye Transfers but the prints where unmatched in my opinion then anything else except for silver or a palladium/platinum print.
Although I prefer silver. Black and White photographic prints are silver prints.
If you ever get a chance to see the Work of Elliot Porter or Harry Callahan's color work also dye transfers then you might get a different perspective then what you see on the web and read in the books as being on the cutting edge.
In other words get out more often.