This shot is not dodged, the neg was scanned with no manipulation. I have gotten the worst response to this image. It's a picture of half dome and trees and clouds! People love this stuff usually. Oh well, can't win em all.
Try the same shot on kodak colour slide IR, it will probably look great, but i agree with the others on this one, it looks to me like it was centrally dodged with a still fist in the darkroom, I wouldn't show it to a prospective publisher either. H
This is certainly different from the usual IR black and white image. It has none of the ghostly shades of white in the foliage. The tonal range is more subtle than one would expect with this film. Unfortunately I think it errs on the side of dullness, something to do with the slightly restricted tonal range - could do with some pep in the highlights. This is the trouble with IR film. you simply cannot predict the results. In my opinion a subject like this would benefit from a classic Zone System approach.
Hi Terry, Nice image but I must agree with Mark, this image lacks sparkle.
Also, you put the image in the infrared category, if this is truly a b&w film infrared shot, then it is a poor example of the things that are interesting about IR images.
The RHS is very dark and blocked up, as is the extreme LHS, I assume from the title that the subject is the rock known as Half Dome, unfortunately this is not readily, visually, obvious from your presentation.
Learn to acept critique in good faith, you ask "Any ideas?", my suggestion would be; learn how to make your subject stunningly obvious & interesting.
I like the composition, but the tonal range looks rather compressed to me. It's minor, but it could use the "higher notes" as it looks rather gloomy. Maybe that was the intended result, but I think what it needs are zone IX and maybe X.
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