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| Bergamo stonework, on HP5+/Foma paper, lith developer |
The composer Donizetti was from Bergamo, but you don't get it shoved down your throat when you're there - thankfully. A bit like the fact that Ireland's finest Mr James Joyce spent many years living in Trieste - there was no sign of that when we were there 25-odd years ago. Times may have changed, of course...
But back to Bergamo and Donizetti. This stonework was either from the house in which he resided for a time, or one very close to it. Just round the back of the Basilica, in case you were wondering (it's not a big place). Anyway, came out rather sweet on the old Foma 131 fibre paper in lith developer, I thought.
At first glance I thought, "Wow, noob mistake. He cut off the right side of the pillar." But then I had a second glance and thought, "Ah, very well done." I love the composition and the subject and the 'colour' of the print.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't spotted that - and it's annoying me now! I think the reason for cropping the right hand side as I did was that the dark vertical just closes off the side. I'll need to take a look at the negative.
DeleteAnd thanks!