And here is the scan of that same image, shot the next day. I used FP4+ 120 film in the Horseman 6x12 back. The best shot ended up being one I shot at EI 32, developed in Rodinal 1:50 @68F for 6:30. I metered and placed the shadows at Z3. I guess technically I shot it at EI 64, with the darkest shadows at Z2, at least that's how it looks. I need to print it in the darkroom to see how the tones place naturally, scanning doesn't really tell me the whole story, what with digital manipulation.
Anyway, here it is:
And here's another shot from this location, shot at EI 80 and metered to place the shadows at Z4. I think this'll be my N-2 "backlit" scene standard. The SBR was like 12 zones. Excuse my rambling, I'm trying to codify my developing strategy and make notes:
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