srjarratt
Salty River
When I casually look at the bottom 1/3 of the photo, it kinda looks like a helicopter or drone shot of a river running through an exotic canyon - hence the title.
Snow capped 11,054 ft. Telescope Peak is barely visible center top through the haze.
When driving back from my Lake Manly surf ski kayak paddle, the afternoon light on this terrain caught my eye, so I stopped to explore. I only took cell phone documentation / test photos with the intention of returning another day with the 8x10 - that came two days later. The general location are the miles of salt springs between Furnace Creek and Beatty Junction. The cell phone records the GPS location on the photo so I can actually find a thing again.
Some help from the inpainting brush and gradient tool in Affinity Photo 2. I routinely use the inpainting brush for removing dust, lint and fingerprints. The wet dirt at the bottom was too dark, so I used the gradient tool to lift it up. Then the background mountains were too washed out, so I darkened them a bit and increased the contrast a bit. The wet dirt is still dark and the mountains are still washed out, just not so much so now.
Intrepid 8x10 MkII
Schneider Kreuznach G-Claron 240mm ƒ9
Hoya Y[K2] yellow filter
General Electric PR-1 exposure meter c. early 1960's
Fomapan 400 @200
Clayton F76+ 1:19 for 15 minutes at 20°C
After development and fixing, I soaked it in ethyl alcohol for about an hour to remove the bazillion specs of extra hard anti-halation layer that this lot of Fomapan is plagued with. Then it went into the wetting agent.
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March 6th update:
I've done more edits and a proof print on 8.5" x 11". I can't quite get it to work in the real world. I had high hopes that this would make the cut for a 17" x 22" print - maybe not. I think the composition is just a little too busy. Probably need to walk away from it for a few days or weeks.
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March 7th update:
After 5 or 6 adjustments to get it to look how I want when printed, I finally have a 17" x 22" print. It's all little things, but when printing at that size, little things become big things.
Salty River
When I casually look at the bottom 1/3 of the photo, it kinda looks like a helicopter or drone shot of a river running through an exotic canyon - hence the title.
Snow capped 11,054 ft. Telescope Peak is barely visible center top through the haze.
When driving back from my Lake Manly surf ski kayak paddle, the afternoon light on this terrain caught my eye, so I stopped to explore. I only took cell phone documentation / test photos with the intention of returning another day with the 8x10 - that came two days later. The general location are the miles of salt springs between Furnace Creek and Beatty Junction. The cell phone records the GPS location on the photo so I can actually find a thing again.
Some help from the inpainting brush and gradient tool in Affinity Photo 2. I routinely use the inpainting brush for removing dust, lint and fingerprints. The wet dirt at the bottom was too dark, so I used the gradient tool to lift it up. Then the background mountains were too washed out, so I darkened them a bit and increased the contrast a bit. The wet dirt is still dark and the mountains are still washed out, just not so much so now.
Intrepid 8x10 MkII
Schneider Kreuznach G-Claron 240mm ƒ9
Hoya Y[K2] yellow filter
General Electric PR-1 exposure meter c. early 1960's
Fomapan 400 @200
Clayton F76+ 1:19 for 15 minutes at 20°C
After development and fixing, I soaked it in ethyl alcohol for about an hour to remove the bazillion specs of extra hard anti-halation layer that this lot of Fomapan is plagued with. Then it went into the wetting agent.
*************
March 6th update:
I've done more edits and a proof print on 8.5" x 11". I can't quite get it to work in the real world. I had high hopes that this would make the cut for a 17" x 22" print - maybe not. I think the composition is just a little too busy. Probably need to walk away from it for a few days or weeks.
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March 7th update:
After 5 or 6 adjustments to get it to look how I want when printed, I finally have a 17" x 22" print. It's all little things, but when printing at that size, little things become big things.