lewis
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- Jan 10, 2005
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Had a rather fruitless evening trying to print a not very cooperative neg. Basically its a shot of someone walking away from the camera towards a wall and into sunlight. Bottom half of the print is ok 20 secs, grade 4 (i'm using vc resin coated). The top half of the pic requires burning - the wall provides a straight line, but the head of the walker protrudes into the sky area, catching the sun. There's detail in the sky which looks ok - 60 secs at grade5. Because the wall provided a straight line to work with I tried cutting out a shape that I could use close to the print as a sort of mask. But I couldn't for the life of me burn the area without either darkening the head or the wall.
And there was a sizeable area in the top right corner (where the sunlight came from) which refused to darken (even after 200 secs grade 5).
Any advice please on how to improve my burning technique. And what about the top corner....would it darken if I used a different grade ?
Thanks in advance
And there was a sizeable area in the top right corner (where the sunlight came from) which refused to darken (even after 200 secs grade 5).
Any advice please on how to improve my burning technique. And what about the top corner....would it darken if I used a different grade ?
Thanks in advance