Snow Gum Skeleton

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Maris
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Snow Gum Skeleton

Postby Maris » 23 Sep 2015, 08:51

Sometimes I reckon it's ok to let a photograph go the way it wants to go. This photograph has deep shadows and gleaming white wood in brilliant sunshine. I could have metered the whites and the shadows and controlled the zones by giving N-2 development but the result might be mild rather than wild. The top highlights are nearly paper base white but the photograph is small and these areas seem to read right.

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Snow Gum Skeleton, Kangaroo Ridge.

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.4cm, from a 4x5 Arista Edu.Ultra 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

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Barry Kirsten
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Re: Snow Gum Skeleton

Postby Barry Kirsten » 24 Sep 2015, 06:56

Agreed Maris, works very well.

L2obin
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Snow Gum Skeleton

Postby L2obin » 21 Oct 2015, 13:42

I like the contrast mate

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Maris
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Re: Snow Gum Skeleton

Postby Maris » 22 Oct 2015, 11:54

L2obin wrote:I like the contrast mate

Yep, it's a screamer. When I was spotting it (Spotone, tiny brush, and all that) I looked up after a minute or so and found a negative after-image "burned" into my retina!


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