Can we bear in mind the objective of the exercise which is make pictures.
One point that has come out of this discussion is that the salt print, a
silver process, has beautiful gradation and a long tonal range comparable to
platinum, qualities that make it satisfying to the artist/craftsman.
It is also beautifully simple.
Terry
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1. An excellent thing is as rare as it is difficult.(Spinoza)
2. A man's reach should be beyond his grasp or what's a heaven
for.(Browning)
3. Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora.(Occam's razor or
'Keep it simple!').
4. Nullius in Verba (Horace), 'Take no man's word for it' (motto of the
Royal Society).
5. If ignorance is bliss, why are not more people happy ? (anon)
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