Beginner Darkroom Printing Question

[Thalmees]

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crocein scarlet.
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Thank you so much Eric.
From where can get Crocein Scarlet?
Regards.

[Bill Burk]

Thank you so much Eric.
From where can get Crocein Scarlet?
Regards.

Send me a message, I can send some by post.

[Bill Burk]

Pere,

Though calibration is wise... the problem I see when going from white light to the filter “next to 2”... can be solved by making the first test strip with the number 2 filter.

In other words, always use a filter with multigrade paper.

I try to remember not to do that first test strip without a filter because I expect it to mess me up when I want to go to the next grade.

[Steve Sherman]

Pere. Are those negative density readings ?? If so you are
pushing the boundaries of Silver Gelatin. 1.7 & 1.9 I would
suggest flashing. I’ll look at the image on a big computer screen tonight as I am just on a cell
phone now

There are densities on that negative that are well over 2.00 what do you hope to accomplish with this photograph ?? In all liklihood, even if you were able to get a light grey tonality on the print that's all there would be, no detail, simply a light grey without texture. Realistically, the only way to capture this image is to give adequeate shadow exposure and let the highlights go as high as they can be retrieved back to a printable with slight texture (Zone 14) and hope that provides some type of adequate shadow information. OR, time the exposure for the shadow values right around dusk when they are brighter, wait 60 - 90 minutes and then give another exposure to capture the night lights and develop somewhere along the idea of N-5. With that type of negative so long as the high values have been compressed to an adequate denisty to allow as little 0 filtration as possible to increase mid tone contrast and information.