Yes, I know, not much different from the first attempt. But this was the best of the next few sheets of Kentmere that I wasted this morning. It's still all a bit overpoweringly dark. I might try again, via a combination of light and contrast. Spring is getting in the way of all this darkroom work, though - there's grass to be cut, raspberry canes to be sorted out, spuds to be planted. Well the spuds are in, so that's a start. We've had a decent spell of dry weather here in The Liberties - cold, but dry. Rain is forecast though - no surprise there, right?
Oh, just for the record, we didn't get swimming. By the time Missy got herself ready, it was afternoon and the pool was full of weans getting lessons. So we went to Asda instead, which was pretty horrible. Not as horrible as Brussels, though, which was on a completely different level of horribleness...
I think this works well when viewed as abstract art. The edge-to-edge horizontal bands all have different, pleasing, tonalities.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jim that's an nice take on it. It's been a good neg for me to improve my darkroom skills on, for sure :)
DeleteBeen looking at them both now, time and time again, and seem to be unable to make up my mind somehow. I really like the snap, and the fantastic sky is spot on. This one is the better one of the two, definately. I keep on looking, but I can't find anything I would be able to make better. It somehow catch our magic northern light, which is a great job done in itself using the B&W platform.
ReplyDeleteThanks Roy appreciate your comments. My next attempts were no better - going round in circles, frustration setting in. Tempted to try something a bit different - pre-flashing, perhaps, which might give me better separation in the shadows.
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