[pure-silver] Re: Beautiful Photography
- From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:50:03 -0500
K W Hart wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Daneliuk" <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:41 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Beautiful Photography
>
>
>> Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Daneliuk"
>>> <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
>>> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:47 PM
>>> Subject: [pure-silver] Beautiful Photography
>>>
>>>
>>>> ... even if it is in color:
>>>>
>>>> http://public.fotki.com/JohNik/net/lj/dima-chatrov/
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>
>>> I am beginning to wonder if this list should continue to be
>>> confined to B&W. The reasoning is that "chemical" color photography is
>>> based on the same silver emulsion technology as B&W. Since the whole
>>> field of chemical photography (my term) has shrunk so much since the
>>> introduction of electronic (digital) photography perhaps such
>>> restrictions should not continue. What say others?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When I originally conceived Pure-Silver, there was no good B&W
>> oriented forum around other than the very noisy rec.photo* groups
>> on USENET. I later added the chroma and silver-bits mailing lists
>> which never got any real traction. But things - as you say -
>> are rather different today. It seems to me that with chemical
>> photography really shrinking, there is strength in numbers and
>> that we should embrace all manner of chemical photography including
>> traditional techniques, color, and even chemical-digital hybrids.
>> If and when the traffic becomes large enough to be a nuisance,
>> another mailing list can always be instantiated.
>>
>>
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>> Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> I agree with the responders so far. IMHO, both B&W and color are based
> on a silver emulsion, and color work is a lot easier if you have a basic
> grounding in B&W. If there is to be a vote, I vote in favor of merging
> the lists into one.
> I just hope that it's a long time before a silver-based mailing list
> needs to be merged with another fine list, IDCC!
>
> (BTW Mr Daneliuk, your recent five point post regarding maturing as an
> artist is hanging on my darkroom wall right beside the ring-around.)
>
Wow - that's two of you. Perhaps I should have charged for my
"wisdom" :)
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