Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

And some dorking around with printing techniques and xray film ;)

8x10 Kodak, wide open 360mm Heliar.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/9...0eb7ccda_b.jpg
Anna by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

Sergie, did you use a Mortensen style texture screen? In any case it's a terrific portrait.

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Originally Posted by Peter J. De Smidt

Sergie, did you use a Mortensen style texture screen? In any case it's a terrific portrait.

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Thank you. I wish i knew source to get those ready-made :( I just hacked it by printing texture out. I am toying with some ideas here on trying lithography and texture printing.

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Originally Posted by SergeiR

And some dorking around with printing techniques and xray film ;)

8x10 Kodak, wide open 360mm Heliar.

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Wonderful!

Love both of these portraits, Lee and Sergei!

Thanks, Paul and Jim

I am not familiar with this technique, "printing texture out". What does it mean? Nice portrait...

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Originally Posted by SergeiR

Thank you. I wish i knew source to get those ready-made :( I just hacked it by printing texture out. I am toying with some ideas here on trying lithography and texture printing.

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I am not familiar with this technique, "printing texture out". What does it mean? Nice portrait...

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As in - i printed my own texture out on printer and then used it to sandwich print. I would love to have Mortensen's texture screens but it seems to virtually impossible to get them.

I'm pretty sure I don't know what that means either, which means I'm pretty sure I don't need to know and can't do it anyway. ;-)

Have you tried Texturefects for screens? I don't know if they are in business anymore.

2180 Charing Cross Drive. Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404 Phone: (928) 505-4606.

Finally got back into shooting 8x10 this weekend, so I can actually contribute a photo to this thread!

Shot this twice, and tried developing it in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100. Results weren't great and the film lost some speed, so I developed this shot in my normal Rodinal 1:100, 7 minutes @68F recipe.
Wista 8x10, Gundlach Radar 12" f/4.5 @ f/6.8, 1/2s exposure, Fuji HR-T rated at 64:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...810-1147ss.jpg

I have a few more loaders full of film to develop. Trying different things - right now I'm trying semi-stand development in Pyrocat. Maybe that'll work better.