Thanks - I do agree...
Printable View
First time doing a paper negative. Really enjoyable, and super easy.
I printed this one on different paper than I shot it. Details:
Paper negative shot on Oriental Seagull G-3 , 16 second exposure at f/5.6
Contact printed on expired Ilford Multigrade IV FB, using the bathroom light for about 5 seconds, developed in PF 130.
Camera was Calumet Cadet 4x5 with a Kodak Ektar 127mm
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1888/...eced888a_c.jpg
VERY nice!
Great image, well done.
I'm assuming you flashed the print to fill in shadows & reduce contrast?
~Joe
Thank you!
Thanks!
Sorry, reading back I realize I wasn't clear, so I've edited that part.
The 5 second exposure with the bathroom light was how I made the contact print, rather than using light from an enlarger like I usually do.
To answer myself … for my bathroom it’s about 2 seconds with a diffuse 5W LED bulb in roughly 2,3m height.
Something that I found works very well and extremely consistent is to use my canon flash, mounted on a stand and pointed at the ceiling. I set the power to 1/32 and then I can fire off a set number of pops to get the ammount of light I am after. Test strips are a breeze. One pop for each inch.