I seem to recall reading in one of AA's books that those of us new to printing often get the shadows and highlights where they want them at the expense of the midtones. I shot a waterfall and large boulders on tmax 100 recently and printed it on Ilford glossy rc paper. I got the water perfect, the dark wet rocks right where I want them, but the rest of the print looks blah and muddy. It all looks grey and kinda flat. So, not quite sure where to go from here.
Should I print again trying to get the midtones and then dodge and burn the rest? What do you guys normally do in situations like this?
I should add that I use a color head for my b&w, and split grade printing. I did just get a set of the large ilford contrast filters and could use those instead.
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