When I got into LF I used tilt and swing to put the plane of focus so that when stopping down I would get everything sharp with details everywhere.
After a while I did not stop down so that I would get a selective focus on film. As many know this can be used to make things look as if they move when they are still, objects can appear to be miniatures etc.
I now realize that in the digital darkroom one can do many of these things with the tools available in PS. I have seen amazing pics of digital photographers done this way.
It would ofcourse be possible to achive a similar effect in the wet darkroom by tilting the baseboard and lens of the enlarger (although I have not done this).
If this is the case, why should I not just go for maximum DoF in camera and add the effects afterwards. This way I can use the same film for many different end results.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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