A take on The Hanged Man. This of course presents some challenges as A: I don't have space to actually suspend someone by their ankle in my home, and B: if I'm faking it, how do I pull it off? This was done with lighting from below.
That is a better dmax, or black than I have seen from other artists that post their Platinum/palladium images here. I don't yet do this technique, but I assumed that Platinum did not allow for such a deep black?
I'm not doing anything special - my pt/pd mix is 4 drops Pt : 3 drops Pd : 1 drop of 20% Na2 diluted 1:3 . Pure Palladium won't get you that deep a black, but Platinum can. Even a little Na2 in pure Palladium will significantly boost the dmax.