Tidal Pools, Sturgeon Bay

I love the dark, chocolaty tones in this. Really an engaging composition. Well done.

One to be very proud of. Fantastic image!

-Bert

Lovely light!

Nice John. Starting to re-visit last years work eh.

Jerry

Sweet, John. Can't believe you're sitting on stuff from two years go. C'mon, get with it!

All the best,
Daniel

Great print, John! Absolutely stunning print work. There is also a very nice flow and rhythm to this. Very impressive!
- Thomas

Awesome print John

Please comment on the beautiful brightness of it. How? Why? That's gorgeous, really.

Thanks everybody. Regarding the brightness...how? and the why?. How...the light from the setting sun was hitting the water creating a bright shimmer. The base exposure of 28 seconds was done at grade 5 (170 magenta setting on my saunders enlarger) which kept the lake practically white. The sky was burned in at the horizon using a strait card for 42 seconds at grade 2 (or whatever grade the 45 yellow setting is on my enlarger). Then I took the negative carrier out of the enlarger and flashed the whole print at 0 (white light setting) for .3 seconds. This created nice even tonality in the lake and added density to the blown out highlights in the moving tidal pools.

Why did I do it this way??? Because it looks cool....I don't know..we all interpret things differently at the printing stage I guess.

Thanks for all the positive comments.

Regards,
John

John, everything in this works for me. Excellent work.

Jim