The Manger

The Manger is a wonderful dry valley. Right next to it is the hill where St George supposedly slew the dragon, to the right of where I took this shot is the famous White Horse carved into the hillside and behind me is an enormous hill fort. Only a mile away is Wayland's Smithy, an enormous burial mound.

The light was totally flat with little contrast and I managed to under expose the shot by forgetting reciprocity failure. To say that the negative looked thin would be an understatement! So I experimented by developing the base print in Amidol/Catechol then partially bleaching then re-developing in hot lith before toning with sepia. I think the results are quite interesting and the lith has added a lot more contrast to the image.