Today we have Portballantrae, or rather the Blackrock Strand to be more precise - or the Bushfoot Strand if you prefer. 'Twas a stormy day about a month ago and the beach was full of seaweed and stuff washed up by the waves. Beautiful day, actually - and no-one else around to spoil it, just me and the Dog-Hound-Thing.
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| Blackrock Strand, Portballantrae |
I know, I know - this is a poor print. Wonky horizon and what's going on there on the top right? And I burned in the sea&sky by 1/4 stop, probably slightly too much - those waves could be whiter. Some days it just all goes wrong. But on the plus side I like the effect of the strong sunlight on the seaweed in the foreground. FP4+ on FS RCVC Oyster paper in brand new WT-10 developer, selenium toned if you are interested. I might come back to this one another day, although I find it hard to go back to negatives unless I'm really excited about them - and that doesn't happen that often for me...
I think the main problem with the last couple of films is my developer was past its best - the results were low contrast negs which no amount of coaxing has managed to breathe any oomph into at all. But that developer has gone now, so it's on to fresh (ish!) DD-X for the next few rolls and we'll see what gives.
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