Photography I / Dodging, Burning and the Expressive Print
Practice question · Sort into groups

Sort each decision by whether it belongs to the negative or to the print.

Groups: Fixed in the negative · Decided at the print

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  1. Anything that is a fact about the silver belongs to the negative.
  2. Anything that could differ between two prints belongs to the print.
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Fixed in the negative: How much shadow detail exists at all, The overall density range the negative offers, The grain structure of the image

Decided at the print: Which part of that range the viewer sees clearly, Whether the sky carries tone or prints blank, The relative weight of the corners against the centre

Why

The division is exactly Adams's score and performance. Everything in the first column was settled by exposure and development and cannot be revisited; everything in the second is chosen afresh each time a sheet goes under the enlarger, which is why two prints from one negative can be two different pictures.

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