I didn't, nor do I continue to, despise you...just the arrogance of your
reaction to gum lacked registration (pun intended). Believe me, I'm
fascinated by color processes, but quickly lose faith when the word
"accuracy" is brought into the mix. Even without color, there are too
many ways to explain how a camera and an eye are not alike with respect
tp the images they produce...but engineers only seem to see potential
in this :)
I'm a teacher, btw.
Ruey wrote:
Trevor Cunningham wrote:
I'm sorry if my original mention of tri-color gum wasn't as
scientific as required by your expertise. After going back and
reading your original post, I found a host of other reasons that
would clearly show gum as a distraction avoiding your purpose of an
in-camera solution. While I was crass, though accurate, with the
alchemy reference, I prefer to think of it as a defensive blade.
Ruey wrote:
Color processes like gum bichromate seem to color as pictorialism
was to the potential of photography to render subjects accurately
- I have heard these called "a way for folks who have trouble
holding a brush steady to imagine they are painters." Paintings
that attempt to be photographs seem to disappoint as much as
photographs that attempt to emulate painting. There is probably a
value in both, but there is also a value in creating images that
very accurately record color as was once done with dye transfers.
Rather than abuse my interest in obtaining accurate reproduction of
color why not just keep silent if the posting does not interest you?
Ed Scott
Can I ask you a question? How is it that what I said caused you to
despise me so vehemently? Do you find yourself disliking anyone who
______? You fill in the blank for me so I can learn something from
you. What is your profession and what are your interests? Do you
teach? I really, honestly have nothing against gum and have done it in
the past. It is just that I am intrigued by images that very
accurately record the color of the subjects they photograph. I am
especially interested in Prokudin-Gorsky's photos because he was so
far ahead of his time and because he could master what was then
emerging science and art. Do his words in the Leo Tolstoy portrait web
topic offend you too? I am really curious.
Ed
