I think I'm really loving the Ilford FB Matt paper. For one thing it dries fairly flat and not as much pressing is required as in the FB glossy paper. For my historical images, the matt is the way to go. I'm posting another image from Bodie Ghost Town that I developed this past week. It took four tries, as the sun was shining on the gears in the middle of the image and was washing out the gear. I ended up with exposing it at 8 f stop for 20 seconds, plus another 30 seconds of burn just on the gear. Whew!
I have this idea of going to the local iron works place and order some photo presses. I was thinking of getting say a 12x9 and 12x15 piece of metal with a handle soldered on the top of each for easy pick up, and that way I could put it on top of my dried images and inside the photo boxes. Well, I'm thinking it's a good idea. Now I'm headed back in the darkroom for Venice! I am going to use the glossy FB for these images for starters. Who knows when you'll hear from me again!?? Just kidding!
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