I realized I needed to work harder on my darkroom skills, if I want to get just a little bit close to the epic landscapes of Don McCullin.
So over the last couple of weeks, I've been teaching myself dodging and burning techniques and more elaborate use of filters for contrast control in the darkroom.
Bottom half is printed grade hard (magenta), sky is burned grade soft (yellow). Toned in selenium 1:19, 3:00 minutes.
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Darkroom print on Rollei RC 332, on of my last batches.
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Pennabilli, Italy
From my very last batch of Fomatone MG 542.
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Darkroom print from 4x5" negative, by The Robert Rigby Pinhole Camera
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Foma Retropan is a weird yet interesting film, soft and grainy.
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