Stand Development: Images, tips and advices...

[ImSoNegative]

I have never tried stand development, what is the purpose of it? just curious

[JeRuFo]

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_development, it explains the cons and pros quite clearly.

[C_Remington]

Do you expose with a unique appoach? More exposure than normal?

[Michael Kadillak]

I have found that stand development is optimal with images that do not include a sky for evenness of tonalities in these areas. Highly dilute pyrocat at 1.5:1:100 works great for me with FP4 and TMY. Although tubes and tanks are one of the generally referenced development techniques, I develop my stand negatives in a gaseous burst tank in Kodak 4A hangers and use an electronic timer to turn the power off to the solenoid timer / burst controller for the desired period and it works great. I can develop up to six 8x10 negatives at a time and once I start the process I prop a cover over the tank to allow the nitrogen to escape and leave the darkroom for 45 minutes to an hour and make some coffee and come back to pull the film out of the soup when they are ready. Completely foolproof and as easy as it gets.

[jharr]

Sisters by James Harr Photo, on Flickr
Three sisters in central Oregon.
Speed Graphic + Graflex 135mm f/4,5
Tri-X 320 @ 320
Caffenol - CL stand (70min) in Paterson tank with MOD54.
The haze in the lower right is from my carelessness in not sealing my darkroom well enough. Otherwise, this is pretty much how the negative came out of the tank.

[ImSoNegative]

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_development, it explains the cons and pros quite clearly.

Interesting article, thanks!