I was contact printing some 4x5 negs on Azo the other night and one print, of an old chair and flower pot in sunflight (admittedly boring)looked to me like the greatest thing since "Moonrise, Hernandez," when I turned on the white lights. B ut looking at the print for a second time several days later, I thought to mysel f 'what was I thinking? This is a terrible print.' Even taking into account dry- down effects, it's incredibly dark, heavy and crappy looking. How could my judge ment change so radically? Are the chemicals clouding my judgement? How could the print look so good to me one minute, and so terrible the next? Has anyone else experienced premature darkroom euphoria?
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