yesterday's flowers

I really like the composition and light here. If you print this, you may want to burn the dirt and flowers with a soft filter to better convey the feeling of soft, enveloping light. Lot of texture here and many possibilities. Very nice!

Agree with the above. Very nice.

This is very well done.

Very well done ....

thanks so much for the kind comments; you are correct,
the highlights are a bit hot in the scan; thanks again

Wonderful sense of light conveyed here. Spectacular tonal range, and overall well done! Would love to see the final print

Love the light and composition; it really stands out, gives me a 3D feeling.

I keep coming back to this... It's amazing... I am also curious about what development method you used for TXP and Pyrocat? I cannot find any data on this combination apart from a semi stand time for 120 roll film on Digital truth. Just wondering if I should try some TXP and Pyrocat as I have both!

thanks naeroscatu and Andrew; I have yet to print this, it represents a substantial crop from the original 5x7, so not sure what I'm going to do yet... and getting the contrast in the upper tones will take some work in the darkroom to match the look I've tried for here. The neg has all the information, it's up to me...

I use rotary development for TXP in pyrocat-hd 1:1:100, [A:B:water]. Typical time for me is 13:30 @ 70 which is Sandy King's recommended adjustment for VC silver papers over the 10:00 @ 70 in the documentation. I rate TXP at 100, and usually place my darkest shadows on zone 3, as suggested by Barnbaum, giving me probably TXP @ 50 [!]. I get nice, dense negatives, and rarely underexpose I only consider N-1 development when I get something in zone 9 which is not too often. So, my regime will probably provide some good jokes around the photo water cooler, but it works for me.

As for TXP and pyrocat-hd, it's a great combination, there's a lot of dynamic range in that combo and the highlights don't seem to block up [my scan to the contrary] as I had often heard suggested of TXP. For TXP 5x7, it's all I've ever used; I'm on my 3rd box now.

Thanks again for the kind words of encouragement,
-Tim