I think that I can confidently say that I am improving in my darkroom skills. I have finally reached a point where I can confidently make my prints and have a satisfying result. I obtained all of the solutions that I am going to use on the photos and the next step was to make the test prints. It was crucial that I not pick any picture for my tests. I wanted to have a photo that contained both very dark and very light regions along with having in focus and out of focus areas so that I could make a thorough evaluation.
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| The option, while containing a lot of the elements that I wanted wasn't quite the picture quality that I wanted. |
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| The chairs by the Bay had some light portions but not enough to make me happy. |
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| This was the only picture that I considered that had people in it, but it was way to pale. |
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| This picture of the slash pine ended up winning the competition. The center areas of the image were very in focus while the edges were slightly fuzzy. There was a nice balance of light and dark as well. |
After deciding which image was the best candidate for running my tests on I made a bunch of copies in the darkroom. And just like that I had 10 new copies of the slash pine.
All of the pictures were developed
f/8 on 1.5 seconds. The next step would be to pour the chemicals and my ISP would finally be on its way!
I like this photo a lot -- I think you've picked a good one that fits all your criteria. (I also like the chairs by the bay, but I can see why you didn't choose it.)
ReplyDeleteIt was a rough choice because once I started making the prints I was in it for the long haul!
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