Bogan, I believe what you are seeing happen with the diffusion material is a scattering of the light rays; taking order and turning it into chaos. The more diffused the more chaotic, until dimming begins to be more measureable than simple scattering. Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://ericneilsenphotography.com Skype ejprinter > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bogdan Karasek > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:58 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: dodging tools > > But, of course, we put the sheet film holder in FRONT of the ground > glass and not behind it. How stupid of me! I mean, really! > > OK, a quick question about diffusion. When you put a diffusion filter > in front of a reflector, what exactly is the diffuser doing to the light? > It's making it softer (????).... but how, what are the mechanics or > physics of it? > > Is Isaac around? > > Cheers > Bogdan > > Cheers, > Bogdan > BOB KISS wrote: > > DEAR BOGDAN, > > Well, the ground glass remains translucent and shows the image > > projected on its surface but you cannot pass image making rays through > it > > ...they will be diffused. > > CHEERS! > > BOB > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bogdan Karasek > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:03 PM > > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: dodging tools > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > With the shutter open, would an out of focus ground glass be considered > > "translucent" and when in focus, it becomes "transparent" ??? > > > > Cheers, > > bogdan > > > > BOB KISS wrote: > > > >>DEAR ERIC, > >> Translucent means, in laymen's terms, "lets some light through but > >>doesn't necessarily allow a clear image to be viewed through or > > > > transmitted > > > >>through...". > >> CHEERS! > >> BOB > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Maquiling > >>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:59 PM > >>To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: [pure-silver] Re: dodging tools > >> > >>On 11/15/07, Dave V <DValvo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sorry my proofer has not been finding words out of place or double or > >>>missing words yet. Opaque to me means light will not go through. > >> > >> > >>Nope, my bad. I have Brooklyn school system education: > >> > >>Opaque \O*paque"\, a. [F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. Opacous.] > >> [1913 Webster] > >> 1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an > >> opaque substance. > >> > >>I thought it meant it let a little light through. > > > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > Bogdan Karasek > Montréal, Québec bogdan (at) bogdanphoto.com > Canada www.bogdanphoto.com > > "I photograph my reality" > ________________________________________________________________ > > > ========================================================================== > =================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.