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Most retouching techniques used in modern digital photography were also practiced in darkrooms.

For a famous example of this, take Ansel Adam's Moonrise over Hernandez. A straight contact print looks like this: https://i0.wp.com/www.haroldhallphotography.com/wp-content/u...

The final image looks like this: https://i0.wp.com/www.haroldhallphotography.com/wp-content/u...

https://www.haroldhallphotography.com/ansel-adams-and-group-...