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Nice view! Hope there were no trains coming....

If you do a wet print, I bet you could pull a lot of highlight detail out of that background. Been shooting a lot of HP5+ in HC-110 myself lately.

Thank you, jimjm. I did first print in decades a couple days ago & need to get a place for a large Besseler so I can use contrast filters & print MF negs. I hope I can come up to speed on working those bright spots to tease out the detail.

Love train tunnel photos... as long as there are no tracks, though! Always have a flashback to the film, Stand By Me, when they are chased by the train on the bridge! Would love to see the wet print.

HiHo, Works well for leading our eyes and attention towards the background and the turning rail bed. I like images that make us wonder what might be beyond our final point of vision.
I would like to see slightly more space along the RHS, although some could see it as a good point of tension in the scene possibly.

Andrew - 'glad you like it. My boogie man is the downhill straight on a m/c. A couple unplanned 30' flights left a mark. There's a Nat'l historic site near me whose location has been classified for safety reasons. I've seen more online about it lately so maybe it'll have more attention. A similar view would require at least calf-high rubber boots, but its an impressive tunnel. 12x12" timber spaced 4' apart to try to hold the ceiling up.

Trail, Good! I'm glad it gives some interest. I suspect even 1/16" more visible on the right would give a bit more context without tossing out the side/curve bias. Thank You so much. I sure appreciate it every time you take the time to share your impressions.

I suspect even 1/16" more visible on the right would give a bit more context without tossing out the side/curve bias.
Yes, I think it would still make the image present it's message. Just slightly tight there......but certainly no deal breaker either.

The light at the end of the tunnel.
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Lovely photo and so glad to hear you are going to be wet printing again. Best of luck!

Svenedin, thank you. My first whack at it made every mistake possible, but it was time to start making mistakes. You *can* expose the wrong side of the paper and still get an (lousy) image. Sigh. The 20+ y.o. dektol looked like motor oil when mixed - but still worked. I have to get a place set up for the behemoth (beseler) and tote paper into the bath tub after exposure. 'Not the best of worlds - but probably many have done likewise. The little kodak precision enlarger looks like something out of Young Frankenstein, but the little schneider lens delivers for 35mm.