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  <title><![CDATA[The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 2)]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Negative  is the second volume in the acclaimed and highly influential The Ansel Adams Photography Series.  This second volume is anchored by a detailed discussion of Adams' Zone System and his seminal concept of visualization. It presents detailed discussion of  artificial and natural light, film and exposure, and darkroom equipment and techniques. Numerous examples of Adams' work clarify the principles discussed. Handsomely illustrated with photographs by Adams as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual can dramatically improve your photography.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1948</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wouldn't be able to say &quot;i've finished reading this book'. This series: &quot;the Camera&quot;, &quot;the Negative&quot;, and &quot;the Print&quot; is a Bible for darkroom printer, so I go back and forth to this book.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Because it is rather on the technical side for me (I have never taken a photography class or read a photography book, other than my camera manual [Panasonic DMC-FZ50]), I wanted to review the chapters I've read thus far for myself, and I figured while I was at it, I might as well begin a long book r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18838141">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the most brilliant book I've read in quite a while, and it's not even a book-to-be-read in the traditional sense. It details, in lucid writing and with the help of countless photographs, Ansel Adams' philosophy of photography. It's all in one word, pre-visualization - but what would you real...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12987713">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of the three Ansel Adams books, I find this one to be the most helpful. I was suprised at this because the technology of photography has changed so much since it was introduced.<br/><br/>Most of the book does not (unlike the first book) focus on the mechanics of the actual negative, but it relies ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6770652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Film may becoming obsolete, but this information will help with understanding how digital cameras emulate film, if you know what you are doing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[He admits he's a creative scientist early on, which is fine by me, since photography is barely an art and photographers are the least likely to become artists. The photos inside are pristine, but you'll never find them in wall calendars or on t-shirts with his deified name underneath in some heavily...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9983402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this from the library.  It looks like it's a bit too skewed to film (of course, it's Ansel Adams). I was hoping it was more of a composition technique book, but a lot of the book looks like it talks about film development/lens filter technique.  I'll know more about it when I get into it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As near a bible as there can be in photography, Ansel Adams' definitive treatise on how to expose and process negatives properly. The basic principles still apply in digital formats.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though almost everything I now shoot is digital, this is a must read for all wannabe photographers.  Adams will enter your soul as you practice.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good info about exposure, but the technicality can be a drawback at times.]]></body>
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