Extinguished

The image has great potential that just hasn't been fully reached yet. The light areas on the bottom -- especially the lower right -- keeps my eyes in the lower half of the image. It keeps me from seeing the image as a whole.

You might consider flipping the negative and printing backwards. Take the print and stand in front of a mirror and check it out. I just checked it out with a handheld mirror and the composition seemed to be stronger...but the proof is in the pudding, as they use to say.

Vaughn

Neat place. I really like the tones youre getting from the MGIV.
Very nice work

What is Ilford PQ? It must allow selenium to give a better range of tones than usual.

ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL is a liquid concentrate dimezones/hydroquinone developer. I have been using it for film, but it is primarily a paper developer that has had the metol replaced with 4,4-dimethyl-4-methyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, or something of that nature.

It suppose to yield warmer prints, but I was surprised at the yellowish sepia tone-ishness of the print. The color on my monitor is quite nice...different, but it does make the highlights glow.

vaughn