Article · The Online Darkroom
The Power of Split Grade Printing and Post Flashing
By Les McLean
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Advanced
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2015
About this lesson
A worked example on a difficult waterfall negative shows how sequential grade-0 and grade-5 exposures combine with post-flashing to control contrast, including the test strips and dodge/burn plan used to reach the final print.
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