Below is a comparison between two photos; one exposed digitally and one made with film. (Hint: click on Tracking the Light to see both).
I made these the other day of Pan Am’s hump engine working on the Connecticut River Bridge at East Deerfield, Massachusetts.
I won’t bore you with excessive detail, but one was made as a black & white image with a digital camera . The other was exposed in a traditional manner on black & white film, processed chemically and then scanned and scaled.
So: which image do you prefer? (number one or number two).
Oh, and by the way, it is up to you to decide which was made with film and which was not.
I’ll guess the top image is silver-based, due to better shadow detail.
I prefer the top one for the nice highlighting in all parts of the picture.
I’ll guess the top one is digital. But I know you are really good with both darkroom and digital post-production work, so I give that guess only 60% confidence.
Despite the darker foliage in the foreground, I prefer the second image. I suspect also it might be the digital version.
Being very nearsighted-I don’t care for either picture.