Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
At least in my mind, the true beauty and power of film is best portrayed when actually printed in a darkroom instead of digitizing the neg through scanning. I think it's worth mentioning that had the shot been taken on film with the same specular highlight present, the only option in a traditional analog work flow would be to try and manipulate the highlights and shadows of the print by dodging and burning (and/or some other more arcane printing technique).
At that point, the success of the print to capture whatever nuance that film might have allowed would depend almost entirely on the skill of the guy standing in front of the enlarger. A very tricky and time consuming feat to pull off, even for an expert.
In the end what this shot needed was simply a half-step to the left. (No offense Guy, I can understand 100% why you might have been distracted.)
None taken basically was just processed and nothing done to it but yes a little burning might help it. This image falls squarely into my ugly testing bin. LOL
Which is something I love to do is shoot in the worst conditions and see how things hold up. This qualifies. :ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL: