I've been obsessing for a year or two, searching for a jetty with a strong underside... Clean, bold, symmetrical.
On a family holiday during the week I found exactly what I had been hoping for.
For this image, knowing exactly what I wanted to achieve, I was relentless under the dark cloth, I moved the tripod time and time again to get everything lined up just as I wanted it. I spent more time looking at the ground glass for this particular image than I ever have on any other image I've made with large format. Once I had my symmetry and focus nailed I metered a couple of times to be sure I'd get what I wanted and once I was finally happy, after implementing two grad filters to bring the tones down to where I wanted them. I exposed my sheet of Fomapan 100. This was the last sheet of 6 that I took on my trip... I had one shot to get it right. One shot to make the image I had been hoping to make for nearly a year... I am very happy to say I think I pulled it off...
Really interested on hearing some constructive criticisms on this please everyone. I am very happy with this, and consider it perhaps my best B/W neg to date.
"Strength"
Fomapan 100 @ 100
Chamonix 045N-2
210mm f/5.6
40sec @ f/32
Dev: Rodinal 1:100, 50min, No Agitation, 20°C
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