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Nice. Needs to pop a little more, but may just be the digital photo on my screen. Is that the shore in the background? Maybe mask the sky to allow that to come out clearer through the dodge/burn.
Did the changing box arrive?
pdlouche-
The background is the hills on the other side of the Loch through the cloudy, the bottom edge is the shore.
I think the photo is lower contrast than the reality.
When I'm burning the sky i'm just exposing at the same contrast and masking off the Whale and shore with my hand. Maybe bump the contrast for that stage next time.....
mi7rennie
This was my best from last night.
Ilford multigrade RC paper.
45 seconds exposure.
Cyan 0, Magenta 75 and Yellow 0.
Bit of dodging on the whales mouth and eye and 15 seconds burning in the sky.