Miss Chandee

Filter mave have been a Cir-P. I was switching back and forth that hazy day.

g'day Joey
a great subject and well seen, but i could suggest a couple of things to improve the image

firstly, the white band may be caused by uneven print development, i doubt a polariser would cause that effect, but why use a polariser on such an overcast day

secondly, your too close to the boat, or cropped too tightly

thirdly, the black post on the left is too large, obvious and blurry and doesn't add anything to the subject

lastly, and most obviously, the print is muddy, its needs more contrast

Above comments are spot on, needs more contrast, keep at it it's worth the effort!

Thanks Ray, Tony.

Yeah, that piling does kinda stick you in the eye, doesn't it....there was no way to get it out of the shot without getting wet.

There's a little more contrast to the print. The scan isn't really very good; but I agree. My first print was with a #2 contrast filter and it was terrible! This one's with a #3.

This was my first time using Dektol at 1:3. Perhaps, my next session will be back at 1:1.

Thanks for your help.

Joe

This may be way off the mark but I recently did some prints with similar light marks on the edges. The problem was simply using developer that had aged too much. I use a Nova 4 slot processor. Overall the prints weren't too bad until I compared them those done in fresh developer. I use a B&W analyser based on a test print and which required the probe setting to be almost double what is normally needed, resulting in a very long exposure.

If I did B&W prints every week, I'd have spotted the problem but because 90% of the the prints weren't bad, I was blind to the most likely cause.

Too much of the blurrrry post, pile, whatever you call them in your neck of the woods.