[nldunne]

My idea here is - to take images of the white photo print paper - dull side - and meter from various parts of the image - like the - photo paper, skin, and grey card. My idea is to keep the white photo paper - as clean and clear in each of them - as I am able.

My study has always been to have as clean and clear a white tone - when I have it in my images - as I am able to make it.

Then - on the P C - I used a scanned - dull side - photo print paper = and piggybacked it over the whilte paper in the image - and worked up the white paper in the image to match the brightness of the scanned white paper - using a photo lupe at the seam between the two white areas. When I finish the match - most times I crop out the white photo papers.

My idea is to make one white tone between the two white papers - or as close as I can - and hopefully - by doing this - keep the rest of my image tones, colors, and all - as accurately as I can as well.

Digital cams are calibrated to white rather than mid grey of film cams - that is why I used the white photo paper.

My image of the harbour and boats - posted yesterday in the gallery - turned out better than I thought - considering the water and sky - and aiming the cam straight at the scene - using this matching idea.