"Where is the Sun? Road"

Glacier National Park - 2014 - 5x7 Silver Gelatin Print

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Details:

Mamiya 645

80mm f/2.8 at f/8

1/60

tri-x 400 rated at 320

developed in XTOL 1:1 for 9.5 minutes. Inverting once every thirty seconds.

Printed using an Omega B22 enlarger onto Ilford Multigrade FB paper, matt finish

Dodging and Burning:

I used a series of contrast filters and masks to bring the tones to my liking. I started out exposing the entire image for 11 seconds at f/22 with a no. 3.5 contrast, dodging each side (roughly half inch in) for four seconds (the B22 is vignetting for some reason).

Next, at f/16 with contrast no.4 I exposed for 17 seconds, dodging the foreground and every few seconds, the lower right slope.

After that I dodged everything below the middle of the image while I let the mountain and sky burn for another 6 seconds.

Next, I switched to a no. 2.5 contrast filter and used a mask over the mountain to burn the sky for 15 seconds.

Finally, I used the concave area between my thumb and index to burn the top/middle of the sky for 10 seconds.

It could maybe use a few more adjustments. But we're on the right track to what I envisioned when I exposed the film.

Done