Sometimes I revisit pictures I took with film decades ago and make improvements using Photoshop. In retrospect, shooting with film was like taking pictures with one hand tied behind my back. We were so limited in what we could do with respect to managing highlights and shadows, replacing backgrounds, color saturation, eliminating imperfections, and more. I photographed the Sphinx in 1998 with a medium format camera (Mamiya RZ 67) and Fujichrome slide film, and the sky was solid blue. Everybody who visits Egypt gets the same picture. With the ability and knowledge to replace the sky with something more powerful, the results are often so much better than the original. Deserts in this part of the world don't see dramatic clouds often, but they can and do occur. That doesn't matter, however, if the goal is maximum drama and visual impact with one's photography.
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