Peyton Colony - Old Schoolhouse

Nice one Matt, like it a lot. Good way to keep out of the wind

Stunning! Use of shadows and light is right where it should be.

I'm amazed by the tonal range here. Talk about setting the bar high...

Nice light Matt, good job.

These are really great Matt. How recently did you take these?

Thanks all. I shot these last Sunday. Got around to printing them yesterday.

Very nicely done, both in composition and tones.

very nice luminous prints ... really nice composition also .... do you have to do anything special with Rives paper efore you coat ?

Thank you again all. Greatly appreciate the kind words.

Miles, in regards to rives BFK (and this is per Clay Harmon's advice and some stumbling on my own) I steam the paper a bit before coating to get the humidity up.
I also add about 25% of the total coating volume in distilled water. For example if your coating solution was 10 drops of Ferric Ox and 10 drops of Palladium (total of 20 drops) I would add an additional 5 drops of distilled water to that amount. Helps with the absorbancy of Rives BFK.
After coating, I let it sit for a few mins and then hit it with a hair dryer on the back of the paper. to help speed the drying so it doesnt absorb into the paper too much.
Then I resteam it some to rehumidify it and then print and process normally.

Stunning printing Matt, great work.