Thursday 31 January 2019

Cloudy Bay

Not the famous New Zealand wine, this Cloudy Bay is a much better experience altogether :)  Portstewart Bay on a evening with the sun trying to break through a pretty heavy layer of cloud over Donegal/Inishowen:



Portstewart Bay on a cloudy evening.  Ilford MG Classic paper.


At first I thought I had printed this way too dark but I let it be and after a partial wash dunked it in some Pot Ferri to bring some life to the white bits.  It worked OK I think, lightening the clouds and doing a decent job on the sea.  Nice grain, eh?  35mm negative - HP5+ in ID-11 if you care about such things.
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  1. Marcus Peddle31 January 2019 at 22:32

    Very moody. Nice. Hang it on your wall and sit under it when you want to brood over something.

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  2. Roy Karlsvik5 April 2019 at 23:41

    Absolutely lovely, Michael. Both the grain and the rest of the print of course.
    We can say a lot of bad things about the weather around our parts of the world, but at least it makes some really interesting light at times.

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    1. Michael McNeill6 April 2019 at 08:39

      I totally agree about the weather thing, Roy - I would hate to live in Australia or somewhere where it's just boring blue sky for weeks on end. We have fantastic light at times and great skies, perfect for B&W films ;)

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