[petemc]

Originally Posted by CT

What I admire most about Ansel Adams is his ability to create fantastic landscapes using darkroom techniques.

Pete, I'd rephrase this mate. What Adams is most remembered for is his invention of The Zone Metering System. It's incredibly difficult to grasp and to put into operation, but Adams argued that if you correctly identified a particular tone in a scene as it would appear in monochrome, and correctly exposed for it - all other tones would automatically be correctly exposed. He was a fanatic for correct exposure, hence the reason he devised his system.

The truth is that despite all his efforts, many of his finest shots owe as much to darkroom manipulation as they do to his metering system, so you're not wrong, but if you're going to mention Adams at all, I wouldn't put more emphasis on the darkroom than on his metering system, which many people tend to think was infallible, when of course - it wasn't.

Hmm nuts