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the tree in the middle of the frame - needed lots of ps work to bump the contrast to get it close to the trees on the right. overall contrast lacked as well, imo. ya shadow detail isnt the best considering the lighting.
I shoot certain subjects a lot - with different films, cameras, lenses, lighting conditions - I find this a good test, and this barn is one of those subjects. Every once in a while though, and its happening more the last week or so - the scan just - well, sucks. rescanning doesnt help. scan a dif neg and zero issues. I dont have any history with Delta 100 so not sure if im doing something wrong during the scanning process or not. Or if its due to the negative and how it was developed.
I tray develop my 4x5 negatives and I guess also my 8x10s now.
Couple lines from what I think was how the water sheeted off (placed it back into the wash to try again, same result/ same place even though i used photo flo - odd lol), one line lower right corner in the snow, other lines to the left of the barn - there is a horizontal line mid frame but that was from the clouds.
At this time, I only have HC-110 or Rodinal for developer. Maybe HC-110 isnt the best for this emulsion?
As frustrated as I am - as mentioned: i wont give up. This is part of shooting film. making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them so I wont make those mistakes again. I just recently acquired this camera and I am super excited to get it out in the field.
The more I look at the image here, the more im liking it.
Derek
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Derek it's a nice image to my eye. It could be, even with the flat lighting, the development time delivered higher than intended contrast. There's a fair amount of white snow in the frame. I generally stand develop in dilute developer, giving more exposure. I would have done that, if I had made this image. Having said that, I like what you have presented.
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Thanks - seriously not happy with the resulting scan lol. I uploaded it to my web site, the trees look terrible.even on this site with my screen they dont look great.
First time ive loaded 8x10 film in this camera - i.will.not.give.up! Im bound and determined to shot lots of (sheet) film this summer! If it ever gets here - shot this today. Im not happy with the sky - and i rarely am. not sure if its how i develop or agitate or what but im rarely happy with my skies.
I need to make myself a checklist as to what I need to take with me - I forgot my loupe.
D'oh.
A friend of mine he shoots mainly E6 will sometimes do the almost digital thing and expose for the sky on a separate exposure and blend .(i do it as well when grads can't be used ) And even though B&W film has far more dynamic range , Winter skies with no detail can present a problem
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Here's one from last week that I shot up near Payson, Arizona. This is on a Shen Hao with a 90mm Caltar.
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Not much you can do for contrast on gray snowy days aside from contrast adjustment. Keep going back in different sunshine situations.
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chassis: thanks for the comments - Ive never tried stand development with sheet film yet. didnt think it would work too well with sheets?? figured they might start to float to the top or something. Ive used stand when developing 35mm and I think 120 as well and liked the results. I could try it with sheet, might try it with 4x5 first though. one thing i like about stand is that you dont have to worry too much about the temps. add the dev, come back an hour later (or whatever).
stoneNYC: I will try Rodinal next sheet for sure. I love using HC-110 and Rodinal as both are so cheap to use - drawing out what little you need.
jp: no you are correct - not much you can do with the flat lighting. As I mentioned previously, I like going to the same subjects to test different films, cameras, lenses etc and of course different lighting conditions. The next week should be pretty nice out (for us, at this time of year) so i wont mind making another trip out to the barn.
I dont mind making mistakes - if Im able to learn from them (although I really hate losing the image lol), its part of the fun of film photography for me. But sometimes, I just get frustrated.
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Wow! very cool
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Thank you all very much for so kind comments on my previous photo.
I'm not sure if this one is failed or OK.
I visualized this three icebergs as sharp, fuzzier and blurred. But, obviously, I undersestimated the river and tripod stability.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7629/...d7aca6be_z.jpg
Passage in time by JaZ99wro, on Flickr
Graflex 4x5
Caltar N-II 150/5.6
TMY-2
1200 seconds exposure time
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Jaz99, I really love your pictures of Iceland. It's a place I have been wanting to visit for quite some time. My wife and I have scheduled our honeymoon over there, and hopefully it will happen some day.
Anyway, here's one much closer from home:
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8709/...669c9043_o.jpgBalanced Rock by L'Eidolon, on Flickr
Lots of movements from the front standard to get everything in focus. Quite challenging for a composition that is probably a classic view of this rock.
