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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Damn, that's a very unique composition, the spiral leads my eyes in and they're locked on to the hands. Pretty cool stuff.
Have you experimented with dodging and burning yet? Printing the images and experimenting with exposure was absolutely my favorite part of working in a darkroom.
Thanks very much :) I was so excited when I saw the negative with the spiral come out of the fixer. Most of my rolls are "eh", but sometimes a frame will scream "print me now!".
I have done a little dodging and burning, but so far only in the service of "correcting" things. This negative was really challenging to print. I had to burn in the background and dodge the sea lion pretty hard to be able to get detail in both. I will probably revisit it down the road as there is a lot more detail in the sea lion than you can see here. Ultimately, I decided that the strength of the spiral was more important to me than getting full detail in the sea lion, but that decision was motivated by my skill deficit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯