Beano_z very nice image. The far shore almost seems like a stage, with those central trees lit via spotlight.
Beano_z very nice image. The far shore almost seems like a stage, with those central trees lit via spotlight.
If a contact print at arm's length is too small to see, you need a bigger camera. :D
Tyresö Palace Garden, south of Stockholm, Sweden
Chamonix 45H-1, G-Claron 240mm, Fomapan 400 9x12
Thanks guys for the kind comments. Actually it's not all what it seems, I was actually stupid enough to shift my 240mm lens over the limits of its image circle and ended up with a bit of hard vignette on the top. Don't even ask why I though shifting the lens would be appropriate for this scene....
As for the development, I usually do the 1+50 dilution but on this image I tried 1+25 with ADOX Rodnial for the first time. This one came out quite nice but another shot with the bland sky wasn't as smooth as I'd wished, so I think I'll be going back to 1+50 in thee future. The metering was very straightforward as I think the scene only had about 4 stops of DR, which is easy enough for Fomapan 100 to handle. I just do the usual brightest / darkest average on my spotmeter off the bright stones in the foreground and the dark wall in the back. The added contrast you see comes mostly from the scanning process as the original image was way flatter.
Stenstranden, Island of Torö, south of Stockholm
Chamonix 45H-1, Super Angulon XL 47mm, Fomapan 400 9x12
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