Me and some friends at the beach.

Please could you comment on my printing technique, technical

information is on the photo's page.

Just kidding my photo looks better with the sweet paper anyway: not so much a comment as a joke between old friends!! Go on, rate him!

 

Actually, seeing as it was you who took the picture, you stole my soul. Markus took the original picture and has a much better portfolio than I do, so go and take a look at it (but rate and comment on this first) ;)

You've lost all detail in the darks (e.g., the guy standing on the left is just a shape) and your whites (see the pad lower right) is closer to grey than the white it should be. I think it's an easy fix, as the entire print is too dark. I would back off the developing time 3-5 seconds. You may have too little contrast here as well; I would try a print at 10 seconds at grade 2 and, if the shadow detail is there, try another at grade 3.

I think Brian meant *exposure* time, not development time. Agreed otherwise. Also try to tone print next time to get rid of slight yellow/greenish cast. Se or sepia work well, I prefer Se 1:20 to 1:5 depending on effect desired. Otherwise, it's a straight print. You may want to play with some burning in of the lower left corner and of the water. I think (may be I'm wrong) that you're just starting to print, why bother with fiber for learning? RC paper will save you many troubles such as long washing/drying time and dry-down effect. Final image is almost as good.

I meant exposure time, thanks.

You are correct in that I am just starting to print, I picked up a 25 pack of RC and 25 of FB, I have used up all my RC paper and wanted to try a fibre based print. It was just curiosity really.

 

Thanks for the tips, I will retry this weekend and repost the image.