Gelatin Silver Prints

As I mentioned I had re-printed all four of the gelatin silver prints that are currently hanging in the High Hand Gallery.  Yesterday I went by at the end of the day and picked up all four framed pieces so I could replace them with the new ones.  Then when I got home I'm comparing the two and I was having a hard time seeing any real drastic improvements.  I called in my husband and told him I needed his help.  And he did help me.  He pointed out the blacks in the shadows were blacker, and that the whites were whiter and crisper - not washed out.  Okay, okay, I can see it now.  Sometimes when I get too close to my work I'm not 'seeing' it.  Today I'll replace the images and then take them back tomorrow morning and rehang them.  Done.

(I don't think I ever mentioned it, but I am legally blind in one eye (20/200) without my contacs.  And apparently, I have cataracts brewing in them too!  Oh, yeah, not to mention the 'floaters' in my left eye!  Lucky me!  I'm at that age you know.  So you can see why I am trying to work in the darkroom as much as I can.  I figure I've got another 10 years though before I lose my patience in the dark!)

I've also been collecting images in a folder on my computer that are 'possible' gallery wraps.  I'm going with color on the gallery wraps.  Again I'm going to have to get my husband's input to help me make a selection.

This image here I found in my Morro Bay folder that I didn't remember taking.  I think if I did some burning in on the clouds in Photo Shop that it would be kind of a cool photo.  The figures, which were young boys, remind me of 'carrot people' when you are painting in water colors!  If you paint, then you know what I'm talking about!