Dealing with a development mistake when printing

Daniela said:

A little update:
I did split-grade printing and found that dodging the whole time the print was being exposed with the 4 1/2 filter gave me a good enough result!
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So, while not perfect and I get varying results when I make copies, I'm pretty happy with this:
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So...why did that work?
Also, someone else suggested I print it much darker to get an almost dream-like image. That'll be the next experiment!
I also kept a list of all your other suggestions. Thanks!

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snusmumriken said:

I just followed up the link to the Looten book, and thought chapter 16 was very relevant to your problem here - a way of adapting the negative so that it prints true every time, and rather more controlled than the older pencil idea. I think I might try it myself on a couple of shots that are otherwise useless. Promises to be fun!

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GregY said:

Very nice results Daniella... looks like a fine outcome.

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Daniela said:

A little update:
I did split-grade printing and found that dodging the whole time the print was being exposed with the 4 1/2 filter gave me a good enough result!
View attachment 342442

So, while not perfect and I get varying results when I make copies, I'm pretty happy with this:
View attachment 342441

So...why did that work?
Also, someone else suggested I print it much darker to get an almost dream-like image. That'll be the next experiment!
I also kept a list of all your other suggestions. Thanks!

Click to expand...

Sirius Glass said:

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