Tractor Wheel

There is nothing wrong with counting seconds as opposed to using a timer. The higher the filter number the greater the contrast. A different paper is almost sure to give a somewhat to very substantial difference in appearance. For myself I believe the print already has at least enough over all contrast.... you go from having a dark black below the tire to pure white in the sunlight. I am guessing that you would like more local contrast. Local contrast is the difference or seperation of tones that are close to each other. The easiest way to accomplish it for an existing negative is to use a higher filter number. This will make even more pronounced the difference between whiteness of the sunlit areas and the shadowed area.. The best time to think about tonal seperation is at the time the photo is taken. At that time you could increase local contrast by using a filter for example a yellow one if there existed a difference in colors in the subject that could be enhanced by using a yellow filter.. You can have two colors that could produce similar tones of grey in a b&w print but which are much different in color...for example green and red. If one used a red filter over the pinhole the red would be lightened in relationship to the green...the green would be darkened. Any color that is partially red...orange for example... would be lightened but less strikingly so that a completely red tone.

One could burn in...give more exposure to ... the bottom of the print . This is done putting the rest of the print into shadow with say a piece of paper or your hand and have the light strike only a specific area. This would selectively darken that area.

You live in Racine, I live on the south side of Milwaukee. I am in the phone book. I am also very hard of hearing. I do, however, have some reading ability. Send me an email and we can get together and I will give you a demonstration that is well tailored to put you to sleep.

I am also willing to borrow you a few photo books if you too are able to read. If you are not able to read then get some female help immediately. Females can be very useful in a darkroom.

Thank you so much Claire, I appreciate your offer. I will email you for a time that we can get together.

Lots to think about in how I want it to look, and the things that I can do like burning in. I will have to dig into the books. I learn the best by trying things that I read about, or that is shown to me.

Greg