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Old 15-12-06, 13:01
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My idea is - to try to follow the ideas layed out by ANSEL ADAMS in his ZONE SYSTEM.

He used sheet film and metered his exposure to put different tones in the scene to different ZONES on his ZONE SYSTEM. Then he would develop his film accordingly to bring out his tones in his film as accurately as he could. And he did his prints the same way.

As digitals do one frame at a time - llike sheet film, I am trying to work up my images - one image at a time. I am using the GRAY SCALE as a guide as I work in ELEMENTS. I try to match colours and tones in my image to the approximate tones on the GRAY SCALE like ADAMS did in his ZONE SYSTEM.

This system is not for everyone, but I just thought I would share the idea for anyone who would like to give it a go.

For me, I find it helps me keep my images on my P C closer in accuracy than some ideas I have tried.

I hope helps clarify the question.

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