Someone on RFF mentioned he was seeing a lot of film photographers posting black and white images straight from the scanner with no adjustment - meaning there were no real blacks to speak of, and everything was a mix of flat grey and white.
Now I can't unsee it and it's everywhere, so I'm writing this in the hope I can infect someone else.
@coldkennels I started adjusting the black and white points on my scans after someone on here pointed it out to me.
@Gargron I never want to be That Guy and point it out myself, but it makes such a huge difference to the finished product. I guess maybe pointing it out *is* the kinder thing to do? I mean, I’ve seen your work lately and a lot of it is beautiful. We can’t learn if no one speaks up.
@coldkennels @Gargron I think it’s still possible to gently offer unsolicited advice. It just has a bad reputation because of how bluntly/rudely “reply guys” do it, but sometimes you don’t know what you need to hear — some of the best advice in my life was unsolicited
@logicalmoody @Gargron I find a lot of people find me blunt and/or rude regardless of how I talk or what I'm saying. I'm just British! And northern! That's the way we are!
(Although I did have a Zoomer once tell me she thought I was pissed off because I ended every message with a full stop. Make of that what you will.)