The Manger

The Manger is a wonderful dry valley. Right next to it is the hill where St George supposedly slew the dragon, to the right of where I took this shot is the famous White Horse carved into the hillside and behind me is an enormous hill fort. Only a mile away is Wayland's Smithy, an enormous burial mound.

The light was totally flat with little contrast and I managed to under expose the shot by forgetting reciprocity failure. To say that the negative looked thin would be an understatement! So I experimented by developing the base print in Amidol/Catechol then partially bleaching then re-developing in hot lith before toning with sepia. I think the results are quite interesting and the lith has added a lot more contrast to the image.
Location
Vale of the White Horse
Equipment Used
Mamiya 7II with 50mm lens
Exposure
12 seconds at f/16
Film & Developer
Ilford Pan F 50 in Ilfosol S
Paper & Developer
Adox Polywarmtone in Moersch Amidol then Catechol then partial bleach and re-development in Moersch Master Lith before sepia toning
Lens Filter
Red, 2 stop ND, 3 stop ND grad
You do know this is fanastic, right?
 
To be honest Vic, I wasn't sure! I was pleased with what I salvaged from the neg but sometimes it takes a while for prints to sink into my consciousness, if you know what I mean.

Thanks for the kind words.

Barry
 
I think anyone who climbs that hill (or cycles up it in my case) has a variant of this view. It must be one of the British classics.

I like the bright horizon. A sort of edge-of-the-world feeling. It emphasises the distance between the modern world and the history and mythology of the area. There is an atmosphere about this location, and I think you have managed to catch it. Even if it did not go quite to plan!
 

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