Edge Of Darkness

[Tim Holmes]

I enjoyed the stories in Edge of Darkness and the quest for incremental gains in every aspect of his work.
I found the negative a bit clinical. But I'm an architect not an engineer.

I've also been using BTTB for years and enjoyed it, although I've just received all the ingredients to give Pyrocat HD a try, having tried Barry Thorntons Pyrocatechin based 2-bath and had terrible streaks of stain with 10x8 FP4 in a Zebra tank.

 

[thronobulax]

I enjoyed the stories in Edge of Darkness and the quest for incremental gains in every aspect of his work.
I found the negative a bit clinical. But I'm an architect not an engineer.

I've also been using BTTB for years and enjoyed it, although I've just received all the ingredients to give Pyrocat HD a try, having tried Barry Thorntons Pyrocatechin based 2-bath and had terrible streaks of stain with 10x8 FP4 in a Zebra tank.

A bit late to this party, but ... I absorbed "The Negative" decades ago, but didn't read "Edge Of Darkness" until sometime within the last 12 months.

My sense is that the Adams book is a foundational tutorial, and that the Thornton book is more of a "once you can do the Adams cake, here is the icing you can add".

"The Negative" was transformational for me at the time I read it. "The Edge Of Darkness" much less so with far fewer deep insights.

So I think the value of each book likely has a lot to do with where you are on photographic journey and just when you happen to read them.