Kentmere fineprint vc wt2/22/2023 I took this shot low to the ground with a nice shapely rock in the foreground and a distant nab and cliff in the background. Of course, i had my Bronica kit with me and was going a bit trigger happy. Perfect! We ended up going there for a day midweek and had a fantastic time walking the dog and relaxing on he sand and rocks. A little bit of research revealed a somewhat hidden bay on the coast complete with rock shelves and nabs (a nab is an outcrop of rock which the sea has not eroded - think stack). I have been here many times before and fancied some new spots to shoot so i had a quick look around online before i headed out. Once again it is from my recent holiday away to the eats cast of England to enjoy the pleasant life of a fishing village for a week. That being said, this print was an absolute killer. I love working out the dodging and burning for different areas of the print and thinking about the toning i want to do to complete it. I've spoken many times on this blog of how much i enjoy working a negative until i get the final print that i want. I really do need to get better at getting work done and getting this blog updated more regularly. No doubt i will write a tutorial all about it (if it is successful). It is something i should have done ages ago but, as you should know by now, i am somewhat lazy and it feels like i'm wasting film (even though i know i'm not). I have been toying with doing some zone system testing to determine the best ISO and development times for my setup. Looks like i will have to return there with some FP4+ and re-shoot. For some reason i rated Ilford Pan F+ at 25iso and in Rodinal that doesn't work out too well. I'm not sure if you can make it out but there are loads of white dots all over the print. As for the castle shot, i found that on a recent walk with the dog and it would make a great print except for the face that the development messed up. The boulder shot has great detail in the sky so i may try and make a moody print out of it with lots of lovely cloud contrast. Perhaps another session in the darkroom will reveal if i can make anything of it. I have struggled with the nab shot in the past but i put that down to being in a 'funny mood'. The Nab shot is from my recent trip to the east coat, and the one of the boulder is from an old negative i dug out - i am thinking both of these probably deserve a bit of time trying to get a good fine print out of.
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