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July 1, 2009 © Colin J Clarke

Dunes 1

Isle of Palms, SC

Best in Original size

More 'Pyrotechniques' HERE


Don't mind me ... just being critical and thinking out aloud.
One of the issues with roll film is that it is practically impossible to
custom develop individual frames. So when you have deep shadow
and white sand here, you have to expose somewhat for the shadow detail
and then deal with the highlight in development, and later in printing
perhaps. But, if the next frame is all shadow, or all high contrast for
example, at the conclusion of the roll what should be the plan for
the development? In a perfect world, I suppose you could carry 4 or
5 different film backs all loaded with the same iso film, and then use each back
for different circumstances, and develop each accordingly. Well, for me,
life is too short to mess with all that. So, an image like this needs work
in the darkroom, or some clever 'photoshopping' to make it have a smooth
progression of tones. Or you take what you can get. Aahh! That's better. ;-)

Hasselblad 503CW, Zeiss Distagon CF FLE 1:4.0 f=150mm, Ilford FP4+

Rated at iso 125. Dev in PMK Pyro 7m45s @20c with tank
inversion every 15 sec. Resoaked 2m in used PMK dev. after fixing.
full exif


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Marcia Rules13-Jul-2009 14:05
a terrific study ~V~
Jeff Real11-Jul-2009 17:53
I love the many many details that you can study in this fine work. ~V~
Pawel07-Jul-2009 02:11
Wow!
Perfectlt exposed, great details and nice viniette :)
V
an nguyen03-Jul-2009 22:24
Your creative and hard work paid off handsomely... this one is magnificent... and instantly my favorite..
Sue Robertson02-Jul-2009 22:28
I can see your difficulty here..my work screen is a little light so the whites in this image are glaring at me...but you know I can cope with that because overall the image is beautifully composed and the texture and detail in the sand are lovely..
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