Palouse, SE Washington State

This is the enlargement, and the scan shown here looks a lot better than the print, although I didn't make any adjustments to the image in Elements or anywhere else, except a very small amount of sharpening.

Nice pic. I think I like the more contrasty one better (the first one you posted).

Thanks 2F/2F, me too. It's too bad the scanner "fixed" this one, because it's much muddier than this on the print, and I'd like to know why I can't get the enlargement to look like the contact. Same paper, same filter, surely I've missed something basic here!

The only thing I can think of is to check the enlarger's lens?

I have taken many trips t the Palouse to make images and contrast is always a problem that I have yet to master. Although the brightness may seem high the actual contrast levels are low unless you have some distinct shade. The contact is smaller so it all seems sharper and mre contrasty andyes the enlarger lenshas something to do with it also. I just bump up the contrast by using the next higher filter.

Thanks Ron. It was a difficult negative to print, but I finally ended up with this print thanks to some help from people here.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showimage.php?i=60282&catid=member&imageuser=209