減げん力りょく

noun

reduction of a negative

Photography term referring to the process of reducing the density or contrast of a negative, often using a chemical reducer.

• ネガが濃こすぎたので、減げん力りょく処しょ理りを行おこなった。

  The negative was too dense, so I performed a reduction process.

• 減げん力りょく液えきを使つかってネガのコントラストを下さげる。

  Use a reducer to lower the contrast of the negative.