Going through some Tonopah scans and thought this might be a good candidate for Ilford’s Warmtone paper and Moersch MT3 Vario Thiourea toning. It’s from a 5×7 negative but I think I prefer a square cropping. Perhaps next week when my paper arrives.
Mexico is such a beautiful country I’d love to visit this place again, but unfortunately the on going cartel problems down south makes me apprehensive.
This was taken a couple of years ago with an old Zeiss Ikonta rangefinder 6×9 folding camera.
A potted plant outside our Portola Hotel room. Printed on Ilford MGIV glossy, developed in Dektol and split sepia/selenium toned. I’m surprised it stayed sharp as this was a hand held shot at F/8.0, 1/60th.
This past weekend we went to the Weston Gallery to meet with one of my favorite photographer’s (Brett Weston) daughter, Erica Weston and to have her and John Woods’ book signed. We also got to see some of Brett’s prints and they are wonderful! The images in his books do not do them justice. I can see why one of my favorite prints has a price tag of $29,000!
As a bonus, I got to see other prints from other photographers that inspire me such as Michael Kenna, Edward Weston, and Ryuijie. I was really curious on how Kenna’s toning look – it has a subtle coolness in the dark and warmth in the highlights, I really like it.
