Sweet orchids!! "Successful experiment" for sure!
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No digital trickery here, just a bleached Fuji FP-100c negative and some contrast adjustment.
4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Kodak Aero-Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Fuji FP-100c pack film
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/FP-100C-NEGATIVE-06.jpg
Jonathan
Nice Jonathan, how does one bleach Fuji?
Ramiro,
There are many videos and tutorials on the Web. Here are two decent write-ups:
http://moominsean.blogspot.com/2010/...tant-negs.html
http://new55project.blogspot.com/201...post_6525.html
Some people prefer to do it free-hand, brushing the bleach on the back of the negative to remove the backing while holding the negative in hand, but I tape mine to a piece of glass. Fairly easy, although a bit messy. Worth trying. I used to throw the negative side of my Fuji peel-apart films away but now I bleach them to see what I'll get. Not every negative looks good bleached, but some look rather nice, usually with artifacts from the bleaching process.
Jonathan
Thanks! I didn't realize it was the negative side that was bleached. Very nice, I will try it. :)
5X7
Wollensak Ilex 9.5" SF/f5Attachment 70307
Ilford , iso400, 210mm Symmar , 4x5
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6...05315e49_z.jpg
March bloom by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
today's result -- one out of 6 that worked.
I tried out a Heliar 300mm. It's not supposed to be a razor sharp lens, even though it can be.
More for a selective focus effect. Difficult to pick out what should be in and what should be out...
Attachment 70356
Chillege,
Wow! That's fabulous.
In my very subjective opinion a 21cm Heliar is sharper than a 210mm Sironar S at wide apertures such as f5.6. Here is a Sironar S at f16 though.