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| Clouds over Benbane Head |
Via the 'Blad with the 250mm lens, HP5+/ID-11 on Ilford Warmtone fibre paper.
Monday, 23 September 2019
Clouds over Benbane Head
Looking West towards Benbane Head from Ballintoy. The setting sun was breaking through a very thick layer of cloud and just for a few moments the scene was worth a stop and a stare. The subject brightness range was immense - I spot-metered the brightest part and opened up a couple of stops, letting the shadows fall wherever. In the darkroom I didn't want the whole thing to turn to black, so I concentrated on getting the little wispy cloud in the centre of the shot more or less right. Then I burnt in the light part of the sky along the top a bit, since the detail was in the negative. Benbane Head itself is almost lost along the bottom of the print, just about visible.
Via the 'Blad with the 250mm lens, HP5+/ID-11 on Ilford Warmtone fibre paper.
Via the 'Blad with the 250mm lens, HP5+/ID-11 on Ilford Warmtone fibre paper.
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Very dramatic. I'm suddenly curious to see what that area looks like in colour. Don't have a roll of Velvia lying around, do you? :)
ReplyDeleteWould you believe it I actually do have one 35mm Velvia left in the fridge - and it really needs using up soon. I bought 4 rolls about 4 years ago and this last one's been lying around for about 2 years. You'll be the first to see the results, Marcus ;)
DeleteI'm looking forward to it.
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