How do you know you’ve “got it”?

[kaiyen]

This thread really is on fire, as everytime I finish typing and hit post 2 other posts have been entered.

The one thing I am wary about with one shot per scene is that you don't get any chance at contrast control. 36 frames, 36 different scenes, no bracketing, but you develop the whole roll only once. I have trouble with that little control over resulting contrast.

allan

 

[Crasis]

This thread really is on fire, as everytime I finish typing and hit post 2 other posts have been entered.

The one thing I am wary about with one shot per scene is that you don't get any chance at contrast control. 36 frames, 36 different scenes, no bracketing, but you develop the whole roll only once. I have trouble with that little control over resulting contrast.

allan

That is very true Allan, which is why I prefer shooting with lenses that put a lower contrast, but still high resolution image, onto the negative. Contrast can be added very easily in printing with no detrimental results, but too much contrast initially on the negative is a bad thing (tm).

You could also process for lower contrast on the negative. While there are faults to doing one shot per scene, it is obviously not meant for landscape or still photography. In those circumstances, I'd shoot MF, 12 shot rolls, with the zone system in order to eek out every little bit of what I want. I'd also bracket it with density filters.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Oh no! We've driven someone to PN! 🙂

LOL -- Topsy Turvy.

 

[kaiyen]

Crasis,
Sounds like you and I are actually coming closer and closer to sounding alike as the thread moves forward 🙂

I shoot 35mm mainly for quicker work, where I don't have time to practice all the stuff I espoused earlier. I do bracket when I'm not sure about exposure (though I'm pretty good now with that except in some weird situations) and I do take multiple shots unless it's _literally_ a fleeting moment. But MF and LF for my more intense work requiring contrast control.

allan

 

[Silva Lining]

Sometimes you just KNOW you have got the shot. I guess it is different for each photographer, but for me I find that the more I get to know the individual characteristics of my lenses and film the more sure I can be about how they will react in a given situation. I don't give myself any hard and fast rules about bracketing or number of shots I can take. Some times I take loads and don't get the shot, other time I take just one and know it is right. It's one of the things I love about photography...