First negative

Its a nice image, your development looks good and your subject is interesting in this 'up close' perspective.

If these horses are a regular topic for you, take a friend next time with a small white board, between 8x10in. to about 11x14in. and have them stand back a bit and try to direct some reflective light into the horse's eye, for a brighter catch light.

The person with the card should keep it close to their body, no sudden movements, and, if it needs raising, do it slowly, so as no to spook the animal.

Do no use poster card stock, but a foam-core board, with two oval hand holds opposite, as card will snap and flex in winds and the horse may react badly to that, as well as its proximity.

I like this first effort, keep it going, you're off to a good start.

IMO.

I made MY 'First Darkroom Print' in 1951 at East Ham Grammar School Photographic Society -- it was a 'Contact Print' off a 6x9cm format Box camera neg onto Kodak 'Velox' Chloride Paper and the Chemistry Master had shown us 'impoverished School-Boys;; how to make up out own Print Developer from the Chemicals, which I do until today even !
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@pentaxpete You did good work back in the day.

Being able to compound your own chemistry, is Freedom, Empowering and really makes sense in today's 'Iffy' future, for years to come.

Go ahead and shoot a short roll of b&w, and develop it in a Cafanol developer, and take a glimpse at what is the tip of the spear in the response to withering of photographic possibility, and a bulwark against the changes to top notch chemistry, as in one recent case, HC-110, which, from reports of other users, is no as good a switch, as the Kodak folks wanted to be.

Parodinol, is another good, at home developer for you to eventually try, as well.

Anyway, your darkroom work looks promising, so keep posting your results.

Interesting comments! This thoroughbred ranch owned by a big real estate mogul has a paddock right alongside the road I used to take to a grocery store. The store closed a few years ago and I don't get by there as much as before. It's a really beautiful drive through there, too.