Perhaps i'm just not at the skill level to do that kind of print yet - hopefully one day i will be. I wanted something dark and i just wasn't getting it. No amount of dodging and burning that i did made the print look right. I copper toned for a short period then put it into selenium - after a few minutes large white spots started to appear (this is where we learn to selenium tone before copper) so i scrapped it, deciding it didn't look right anyway. I got a print i was semi happy with and decided to tone (after a wash of course). So, off i went exploring my dodging and burning options - sheet after sheet after sheet after sheet of paper was used (i was using Slavich Unibrom for it's cold tone and nice heavy weight). The sky seemed good so marvelous, i could burn that in as much as need be upon my return to the darkroom.Īfter i developed etc i setup a flat print (after determining the best overall exposure using split grade test strips) i got a flat print exposure. I took this shot low to the ground with a nice shapely rock in the foreground and a distant nab and cliff in the background. Of course, i had my Bronica kit with me and was going a bit trigger happy. Perfect! We ended up going there for a day midweek and had a fantastic time walking the dog and relaxing on he sand and rocks. A little bit of research revealed a somewhat hidden bay on the coast complete with rock shelves and nabs (a nab is an outcrop of rock which the sea has not eroded - think stack). I have been here many times before and fancied some new spots to shoot so i had a quick look around online before i headed out. Once again it is from my recent holiday away to the eats cast of England to enjoy the pleasant life of a fishing village for a week. That being said, this print was an absolute killer. I love working out the dodging and burning for different areas of the print and thinking about the toning i want to do to complete it. I've spoken many times on this blog of how much i enjoy working a negative until i get the final print that i want. I really do need to get better at getting work done and getting this blog updated more regularly. No doubt i will write a tutorial all about it (if it is successful). It is something i should have done ages ago but, as you should know by now, i am somewhat lazy and it feels like i'm wasting film (even though i know i'm not). #Kentmere fineprint vc fb neutral isoI have been toying with doing some zone system testing to determine the best ISO and development times for my setup. Looks like i will have to return there with some FP4+ and re-shoot. For some reason i rated Ilford Pan F+ at 25iso and in Rodinal that doesn't work out too well. I'm not sure if you can make it out but there are loads of white dots all over the print. As for the castle shot, i found that on a recent walk with the dog and it would make a great print except for the face that the development messed up. The boulder shot has great detail in the sky so i may try and make a moody print out of it with lots of lovely cloud contrast. Perhaps another session in the darkroom will reveal if i can make anything of it. I have struggled with the nab shot in the past but i put that down to being in a 'funny mood'. The Nab shot is from my recent trip to the east coat, and the one of the boulder is from an old negative i dug out - i am thinking both of these probably deserve a bit of time trying to get a good fine print out of. Thanks all for coming back here every now and then to have a read, i really do appreciate it so much and it's nice to read comments from you all about my articles. I will, of course, keep you all informed as to whether i will be maintaining this blog or using my new one, but in the meantime please have patience whilst i get this site built and launched. I will be moving a lot of the articles over to, especially the ones where i explain how i made certain prints because they seem to go down well with people. I have already transferred some of the tutorials from here onto the new site in preparation for it's launch. The new site does have a blog function so i am currently deliberating whether to maintain this blog or just start new on my new site. The good news is it is almost done so i can get back to printing and writing tutorials/blogging. I have in fact been building a website for my photography. I'm acutely aware that i haven't updated this blog in (let me check.) 2 months! You may think this is due to laziness, busyness or other such issues but i'm afraid it's not.
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