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"There is a portrait of Millet by Millet himself which I love, nothing but a head with a kind of shepherd's cap, but the look out of half-closed eyes, the intense look of a painter - how beautiful it is".
Vincent van Gogh, letter 248

Millet

Managed to run 7.75 miles this afternoon. Was feeling beat after, but I wanted to get into the darkroom because I missed yesterday's session. It is important to try and work everyday with pictures.

I looked through the 2003-2004 negative book, and found a negative I exposed at the Baraboo Hills in Wisconsin. A hay bale in fog is the central focus.

A few years ago I made a nice version of this negative, but today I saw it in a different way. The early version had a delicate sky gaining whiteness toward the top, but I now envisioned a black sky with grayness fading into the white center fog.

Print Info Sheet for The Baraboo Hills

The dodging/burning scheme reflects a change in how I approach printing. 2 or 3 years ago I would have most likely tried this with one exposure of 70 seconds, but now I split the times into 2 exposures of 20 and 50 seconds.

I only made 2 prints and ended the session early, as my legs were feeling stiff because of yesterday's run.

I now have 4 prints total from 2 sessions which need to be toned, I will probably print 1 more negative and then tone everything at once.

Scene from Vincent & Theo :