B&W in an icy gulley

[John Kasaian]

Ole,

Great photograph! Thats definately dramatic and moody!

[John Kasaian]

David Karp,
Thanks for the link---very interesting. I guess the route to go is to make dulpicate shots and develop accordingly?

[George Hart]

One of the most impressive photographs I have ever seen is a carbon print taken in a gully in Antarctica, by Herbert Ponting, shown in miniature here: scroll down to S0000106. The original was in the V&A Museum, London and the range of tonal values is amazing.

[paulr]

OK, a brain bucket & crampons--no problem. Compensating developer---hmmm, I don't use one and might not have much time to experiment before the trip...any suggestions as to which one I should try? Can I use a compensating developer in a Unicolor processor?

Thanks for all the great advice!

What developer do you normally use? It might compensate quite a bit if you just use it at a weaker dilution.

If you go on a hazy day, that might take care of everything for you.

[David Karp]

I guess the route to go is to make dulpicate shots and develop accordingly?

I think that is a good idea. It is my practice to always make to exposures, just to make sure I have not messed something up unwittingly, or to have a spare negative in case I make a mistake in development. The only thing I did before starting to use Thornton's developer regularly was to do an exposure test. I found some open shade area on a sunny day and made 4 exposures of each film. For example, HP5+ at 100, 200, 400, 800.)I developed them together and chose the 200 sheet. (My buddy would have chosen the 400 sheet.) That's it. I have not had a problem yet.

The extra sheet will let you develop in your regular soup if you like once you have developed the first "experimental" sheets.

As far as processing goes, Anchell and Troop say 2 baths are good candidates for rotary processing. I don't know by experience. I use a slosher.

Good luck.