8x10 kodak csg, 14 inch heliar
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Scan-130413-0010www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
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8x10 kodak csg, 14 inch heliar
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8...2bc82e73_c.jpg
Scan-130413-0010www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
Ok.. here is odd duck one.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8...e56acffb_b.jpg
Scan-130414-0007www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
I think i accidentally stumbled on development process step that i have never thought about.
Its second time i did that mistake and its second time i am getting images with seriously decreased contrast in outdoors shoot - managed to open tank after development stopped, before fixer poured in (i like to flush leftovers of whatever in tank completely and typically do that in darkness, but i once again managed to do development while sleepy).
Got to try to do it on purpose :)
So a after dev, pre-flash.
Seems very grainy (considering the enlargement factor). It's still neat. I've gotten similar grain from over-exposed shots pulled quite a bit in development.
yep... as soon as density comes out in csg - grain starts in scan.. I normally hardly even notice it on studio shots when exposure is correct.
But grain rarely bothers me till it really extreme.. I mean i grew up in days when enlarging 35mm shot from 135 iso soviet produced film to even 4x5 was like hitting yourself with shovel... :)
Just finished up my first box of 100 sheets of Fuji HR-A and picked up a second one.
Student portraits are going well. I haven't made any contact prints yet. I'm going to do all the shooting first, then contact print - and schedule any re-do shoots. I've got around 30 portraits finished. It's contract renewal time, so I thought I'd take a picture with x-ray of my ugly mug to put on my updated resume. This isn't a purists self portrait. I had Changhwan, our TA, who is getting ready to take the dive into 8x10 help frame my face with the crude facial outline drawing I have on the back of my ground glass.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8...b4a78d4a_b.jpg
Assisted Self Portrait by Lee Smathers, on Flickr
Fuji HR-A @160 + Yellow Filter, Rodinal 1:50, 4 min (tray developed), Contact printed on Ilford RC Paper with a #2 filter
Gad Lee!
Don't scare us like that. It is always so odd to finally see an image of someone we have only written with. I see Changhwan has the bug.
I hope, Changhwan, becomes a wonderful photographer!