China Camp - Dried Shrimp

Nice -- I can almost smell it!

May I ask: Does the scan accurately reflect the look of the print? I ask because I am pleasantly surprised at the warmth of a Ilford WT paper in PQ developer. I had heard that PQ is warmer than MG developer and it may be that PQ has had an effect or it may be simply that it is the WT paper that has given the warmth and it would have looked as warm in a MG developer.I appreciate that unless you have used MG developer you won't be in a position to make a comparison but I thought I'd ask anyway. It certainly has a very nice look

Nice.

pentaxuser said:

May I ask: Does the scan accurately reflect the look of the print? I ask because I am pleasantly surprised at the warmth of a Ilford WT paper in PQ developer. I had heard that PQ is warmer than MG developer and it may be that PQ has had an effect or it may be simply that it is the WT paper that has given the warmth and it would have looked as warm in a MG developer.I appreciate that unless you have used MG developer you won't be in a position to make a comparison but I thought I'd ask anyway. It certainly has a very nice look

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Well, I found that the perception of the color temperature of my prints with WT paper change wildly depending on the lighting conditions. This is a picture of the the print, not a scan. The print was lightened using 2 halogen lamps. The color temperature was cooled down in the raw file with the print side by side try to match the feeling of the two prints but this was done was done at the light of an halogen lamp too (no grey card). If I look at the actual print in daylight it looks a bit cooler than this, under tungsten light a bit warmer so I think that what I have is a sort of compromise.... Never tried MG developer so I can't compare. One thing that might affect the print color temperature, according to Ilford, is the washing process (they claim that longer wash warms up the print) My workflow involve soak-washing the prints, letting them stand in water for 12-24 hours... I agree that the warm tone fits well the scene, sepia toning would be desirable but, so far, I didn't try any toning... If someone has a deeper insight into this, please, chip in!

mooseontheloose said:

Nice -- I can almost smell it!

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I actually can smell it, it's 1 mile from my house. Great photo, I love the tones.

wonderful light!

China Camp seems to really like being portrayed 'warm'. It is a great place.

I've come back to this a few times, really nice work

Thanks to all for the positive comments! I agree with grahamp on the warm tone comment: it fits well the mood of the place!