Well when you are lugging around 8x10 large format cameras and associated gear through the mountains - and can take only one picture at a time before reloading - I get that.
Plus IIRC Adams did not enlarge early on - all his prints were contact prints.
I did that stuff in college so I know how hard and time consuming it can be, and I was using only a 4x5.
Well when you are lugging around 8x10 large format cameras and associated gear through the mountains - and can take only one picture at a time before reloading - I get that.
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I read that he would find the scene he wanted, set up his camera and wait for the correct lighting and sun angle, waiting maybe (correct me as necc.) multiple days.
Then take one exposure. Why take more, they will be the same.