At the end of a recent holiday we visited with some good friends who live in Stroud. They took us out to visit the Purton Hulks along the Severn River. This is a place where old ships were placed along the bank to shore it up against erosion. It was a nicely cloudy day and we all took cameras and took some photos. Here is one of mine I printed in different ways to explore contrast and light.
To start with I used just a #5 high contrast filter.
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| f16 #5 16 sec |
The sky was washed out so I burned it again with just #5 filter. This gives a brooding dark sky though the day was not like that at all.
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| f16 #5 16 sec burn sky 11 sec |
A little less burning off the sky gives a closer approximation to the day. Again only #5 filter was used.
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| f16 #5 16 sec burn sky 8 sec |
Next a little low contrast #0 filter was added. But the sky is not well resolved.
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| f16 #5 11 sec #0 4 sec |
And finally a conventional print.
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| f16 #5 11 sec #0 8 sec |
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