Tree

I literally thought this was a drawing when I first glanced at it. Originality excellent:)

Dawn

I'm trying to be able to do this in the darkroom...does anyone know

how to? The negative has the sun behind the tree so it was easy to

brighten the background out of it.

The contrast is too extreme for my taste.

I know the contrast is too extreme for many...but does anyone know how I can get this done in the darkroom? I don't think a #4 can do this.

At school I did something like this; we called it a "tone dropout" (also apparently called a "line shot"). I can't remember the details, but it involved taking a normal B+W negative, and making a contact positive onto high-contrast B+W film. This positive can then be used to make another negative, again on the high-contrast B+W film (contact method again). Each step makes the image more and more like this tree you show here. Repeat as many times as needed. You should be able to find the details yourself on the web.

Personally, I like the effect, and I simulated it here on photoshop (this was a real photo too, by the way).

overexpose and underdevelop. i did this one 1 stop overexposed on the enlarger w/a #5 and developed for 15 seconds in edwal ultra black.

 

-edit- the pinkish tone is from gold toner.

Right on Will...I think I'll try that

give it a whirl. i've done other highly contrasted prints that have required 2 stops over exposure; depends on the neg. to fill in some dev details - i used ultra black dev 1:9 at about 70f. as soon as you see the blacks take shape, pull the puppy. a post development bleaching of very dilute ferri and potassium bromide will clear any 'crud' in the whites. i typically use a 4% or 5% solution for this at 68f ish.

Very cool! I like it!