Five Print Project

Waterfall

I chose this negative because of the contrast with the water and trees that were lined up in the background of the waterfall. In order to make this print work, I had to use a #2 Filter @ F8. I exposed the full picture for 21 sec. - 3 sec. on darker areas. I had to expose the lighter area for an additional 6 sec. to even the tone with the darker trees. I was able to capture more detail of the clouds with this technique. After covering my darker areas around the trees for 3 sec. I then dodged the full exposure for an additonal 3 sec. to avoid any lines that appeared when I covered the darker areas.

I followed the same techniques for the other exposures except I changed the time of full exposure for my too light and too dark photos. I adjusted each by (+/-) 3 seconds to fullfill this effect. For my "too little" and "too much" contrast prints I changed the filters, but also used the same techniques as before with the timing. I adjusted the filters to a 1 1/2 and a 2 1/2 filter for each contrast.

-Marina Tejada