That's a good one, Randy.
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That's a good one, Randy.
Thanks Peter - finally getting a handle on my processing in tanks. It has been a struggle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter J. De Smidt
Thanks Koraks - do you only shoot blue? I have been shooting green exclusively and have wondered if there is any difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by koraks
So far only blue, yes. I also have a box of the green stuff here, but I wanted to get the hang of one type first. I'll be opening the green box quite soon.
Funny, I have a box of blue that is unopened...and I just opened my second (or third) box of green....still trying to get the hang of it :)
Thanks to the input from everyone concerning my uneven development post above / previous page (8X10 hangers in Vinny's 2 Ltr tanks) - Jon, your instructions helped greatly - I have almost settled on a working agitation method. I tried different frequencies and speeds the past few days (processing 14 sheets in 7 different runs yesterday / night). Here is what I finally did:
Using Arista Premium film dev. 1:18 9.5 min @ 68 deg - after a 3 min water pre-soak, into the dev and agitate for the first 30 seconds, lift, tilt right, lower, lift tilt left, lower, repeat. After initial agitation I agitated every 30 seconds - lift the hangers slowly out of the dev., tilt 45 degrees to one side, lower back into the tank and let drop the last 1/2" to shake bubbles loose, wait 30 seconds and repeat but tilt to the opposite side. Each agitation sequence takes about 7 seconds.
I tried lifting, lean left, lower, lift, lean right, lower, every 60 seconds but still got processing streaks / un-even development.
Doing it at the top and bottom of every minute is working...thankfully. I was panicking.
I am still getting a very slight evidence of uneven development / processing streaking, but it is 95% better, and if there is no sky in the picture, it is 100% better.
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CSX Green 8X10, B&L 11X14 Tessar
I really like this one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy
I can't figure out how to crop this, I wanted to isolate the trees before the river but the depth seems too deep or the bokeh too crisp.
In the scene itself the trees look very nice because they had a progression going upward, but it doesn't seem to translate as much in the image as it did in my brain.
Not my best image.
Oh well.
300mm 8x10 Ektascan@80 f/11@1.5s - Rodinal
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Move closer to remove the messy and distracting foreground; make the water the foreground. As mentioned, try a wider aperture. Later or early in the day might work well too as long as you can exclude your shadow from the photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by StoneNYC
It's just me, but I'd shoot it soft because the kodak 305 portrait is my hammer, making every scene the nail.
Well I'm up high here, closer and wider means looking up instead of across.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp
I wasn't actually planning to go back to the scene, it's overgrown by now anyway and I would have to wait another year. Hah!
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But I was talking about cropping, and I kind of like this... (cropped on my phone haha).
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So the shadow wouldn't really be an issue.