2010/3/5 mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: > > ---- Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:12 AM, John Graves <jh.gra...@verizon.net> wrote: >> > eckinator wrote: >> >>>> Color chemistry can be all over the map with regards toxicity and >> >>>> environmental impact ... but why anyone in their right mind would do a >> >>>> home color chemical darkroom today is a mystery to me. >> >>>> >> >>> Think of it as like climbing Everest for the sedentary urban class. >> >> >> >> I like to think in terms of being in one's right mind or getting there >> >> open-mindedness should come before such adventurism >> > >> > I understand your simile regarding being in one's right >> > mind...............but I am left handed. so I must be in my right mind. >> >> I'm mostly ambidextrous ... My mind can't remember which way to go. >> >> I did color chemistry in my home darkroom once upon a time. After >> spending what for me was an honest fortune and several months' effort, >> I realized that I could have had better prints by dropping the film at >> the corner drugstore and paying a pittance. And had them tomorrow. >> >> Digital capture, image processing and printing does far better than >> the corner drugstore. >> I'm in it for the photographs, not the journey of processing! ;-) > > An Everest in itself for some of us.......
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