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Inside Iona Abbey


andybarton

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M7/35 Summicron/Tri-X @ 320/DD-X 7 minutes

 

Straight off the scanner. I'd like to make a wet print of this. One day.

 

Personally, I couldn't want for anything more from a piece of film than this.

 

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This such a wonderful image that it begs to have a beautiful full-toned print made of it!

 

I know you want to make a wet-darkroom print from the negative. But playing with the scan in PS (as Steve sometimes does), & I noticed that increasing the shadow detail with a curve & then adding Local Contrast Enhancement has the interesting effect of shifting the religious implications of the scene:

 

The original version with lots of 99-100% black & lots of contrast is more black-and-white / 'Calvinistic' / judgmental: How could I possibly get out of the darkness & into that light?

 

Opening the shadows & putting more glow into locally contrasting areas makes the scene more glowing & convivial / communal, like an eternal last supper in a refectory (which is what the abbey room, with its table & chairs, seems to have been?).

 

I'm sure this will be regarded as a somewhat screwy post by most, who won't care for religious symbols & will simply delight in this fine image, just as-it-is!

 

Kirk

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