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I tried printing this one last night with some success, but I'm not there just yet. The issue is the difference between the dynamic range of the film and paper. The film captures more range than the paper can show with a simple exposure on the enlarger, so we have decisions to make. In this case I printed so the ship would expose well, but you can see the sky has disappeared. I'll have to burn in that detail, which will take some experimentation because burning in the sky will also burn the rope and chains that are in the sky, darkening them unnaturally.

On the masthead image you can see the scanner caught the cloudless sky in one pass - it was frustratingly easy.





Ah well, the challenge of printing a very high contrast scene like this is educational. I think the best practice is to tone down that sky in the camera instead of in the darkroom, so there is a yellow filter on the way to help that along. Re-shooting the image will probably be easier than printing this negative, and this time I will bring the tripod.

This lens, by the way. Wow.

Cheers,

Jeff

Deniz

I was also challanged to "post" the / this / any masthead...

The way the masthead works is I have to download the file and save it on a specific location after adding the name and date. I want to be as true to the original image as possible, but the process may introduce some variation... it concerns me, but that's the system.

My experience with filters is that it helps to have some color in the sky for the filter to have noticable effect. A "white" sky is difficult to deal with. I have yellow, orange, and red filters (in order of impact). The red is somewhat challanging for ttl metering, rather to meter without the red filter and add-in the filter factor. The ttl metering with a yellow or orange filter is close enough most of the time. Keep in mind that the filter will have an effect on the entire subject, based on the characteristics of the filter used.

I have been known to use a "PL and Red" or "UV and Red" combination .

When using color film, I have used a color temperature meter to match a color temperature filter with the scene and the rating of the film... it takes some time but it's one way to keep the white balance somewhat workable .

I really like the scale of this image and the detail (in the water for example). Definately worth another visit or two .

Casey

Thanks for your comments on the image. And don't sweat the minuscule changes that happen to images when they're put on the masthead.

So I fiddled with the mirror/shutter lock on the Hasselblad for the first time today, and I can already tell it's going to help a lot. With two shutters and a big mirror there is a lot going on in there that can make for unsharp images. A rangefinder this ain't. I'm looking forward to testing it properly.

Jeff

Very impressive, congrats, Jeff!

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