In praise of Divided Pyrocat

[EOTS]

First test shot using Divided Pyrocat.

Not quite satisfied with the composition though.
Wish I had a bit more wide angle to include more of the vegetation on the right side.

Also, the wind and the swans skewed up the mirror.
But what the heck, just a test shot anyway ...

8x10" TMax 100.
Divided Pyrocat HD 20+20+100 for 5 minutes.

Negative came out quite thin, the scanned data resides only at a small portion of the histogram.

The developer (HD with glycol) was bought at the end of 2012,
so I'm not quite sure if that's causing that or if it's intended to be.

[Robert Langham]

I'm sending my film to Ken.

[photonsoup]

This isn't a great photo, but its the details that make it interesting.
Crown Graphic
Schnieder 135mm lens
Arista EDU 100
16 second exposure
f22
Divided Pyro
Bright outdoor daylight coming in through windows
iPhone photo of negative on light box, inverted in PS, no adjustments other than resize.


Notice that you can see detail in the tire tread in the heavy shade, and still see detail in the scene outside in late afternoon daylight. I think it was about an 11 stop difference.
Heres a shot of the negative

[David Aimone]

Looking forward to it Sandy! Love Pyro but the few tries at divided pyro have been less than perfect!

Congratulations on your nice work with two-bath Pyrocat. I am looking at some free time over the next two or three months and hope to stir up interest a bit with the article on divided Pyrocat that I have been promising for a long time. Would have finished it earlier but I just don't multi-task as well as I used to!!

Sandy

[sanking]

Looking forward to it Sandy! Love Pyro but the few tries at divided pyro have been less than perfect!

I finished the article some time again and it is on the Pyrocat web site.

http://www.pyrocat-hd.com/html/TwoBathPyrocat.html

Sandy

[Taija71A]

Sandy!

Thank-you once again...
For taking the time to write another extremely clear, concise and detailed Article.

Your contributions on the various facets of Pyrocat Film Developing...
Are always truly exceptional and definitely 'without peer'.

They are appreciated by the LF Photographic Community, more than you will ever know!
Very best regards, -Tim.

[sanking]

Tim,

Thanks for your kind remarks.

Two-bath developers like Pyrocat, and Diafine, make control of very high contrast scenes a very straight forward proposition. You just expose for the shadows, and the developer does the rest.

Sandy

[Taija71A]

Thank-you. No problem Sandy!

You are more than welcome...
And were definitely deserving of the kind words. -Tim.