Black and a White emulsion error that I'd love to duplicated
The other day I developed a series of Tmax 100 images. One of the sheets came out of the tank with a pleasing wavy , fluid , viscous effect over the entire sheet. I'm not sure if the sheet was bad but the image exposed beautifully regardless.
Is there a way to emulate , reproduce this processing " error "
Re: Black and a White emulsion error that I'd love to duplicated
a picture of the negative would help :-)
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Ive attached a portion of the image. The other three negatives developed normally. I researched this a bit and it seems like it has something to do with improper fixing but since the other negatives were okay it's hard to say. If anyone has any info on creating this effect or any effect using experimental developing I'd appreciate the info.
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Not just a fixing problem - probably a laminar flow problem (turbulence) brought about in development by improper agitation technique and/or film contact with other objects during processing.
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Is there a way to emulate , reproduce this processing " error "
With digital manipulation, almost certainly, but to you wish to do it with conventional wet processing? Mistakes are almost impossible to perfectly replicate.
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looks like it may have been pressed up against something based on the 'shadows' in the middle of the images shown (horizontal band with rounded corners at left)
I wonder if it could be created by a quick development (pour dev over negative, which is wet pasted to a board/tray)
quick immersion in fix
then maybe repeat
such a procedure might work with silver gelatin paper too... hmmm
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Yeah by duplicate I meant replicate / repeat. It was pressed up against the holder as there are marks , what's strange is the image ( not shown ) developed with a wonderful , deep , ethereal effect. Really cool. Pressing the negative to a board might work, thanks for the suggestion.
I think the negative stuck partially to the holder and it altered the fixers flow over the sheet. Going to experiment. Don't like to post process much save for color / tone and cleanup.
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You say you used a tank...what tank?
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SP 445. Been using it for around four months and this is the first fatality which ended up looking great!
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You can also get that effect from light/bright objects in the OOF areas when using soft focus lenses at their max softness range...
Also try to print inside light created SF highlights by using #1 or #1 1/2 grade B/W papers...
Steve K