"Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Never made contrast masks. Only been in that toxic color darkroom for > 4 hours of my 62 years. Think I'll stay out of it for the rest of my > years, too! I've never made contrast masks either; I read about the technique, and needed it sometimes, but it always looked like just *too* much work -- especially since it's in some sense a "rescue" technique, and rescued photos rarely turn out as good as ones you lit and exposed right in the first place. I've got more than 4 hours in a color darkroom, but never got really *good* at it. I was a pretty decent B&W printer (not "master printer" level, but pretty decent). I actually know one person, off-hand, who actually *uses* contrast masks as a normal part of his printing repertoire. And when I started playing with digital, I got useful results within 15 minutes of first thinking about trying contrast masks. Whee! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
