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Randy, you really captured the feeling of the light in such scenes. Well done.

Okay, this is not like the time I switched the fixer and developer graduates after a morning of photography. I am testing D-23, my standard developer, against Gainer's simplest Vitamin C (sodium...

Christopher, please post more often. This is a wonderful image, and the tonality, with all the gorgeous reflected light, is superb. While far removed, it reminds me for some reason of Savannah, GA,...

Tin, you're correct, of course, about amateur, meaning lover, from Latin via French. Closer to enthusiast than hobby, whose origin in Middle English is a bit hard to grasp. (And speaking of hard to...

tuco, this is an arresting image and so much fun, immediately engaging and full of all sorts of little surprises that take time to discover. Although I aspire to be primarily a portraitist, this is...

Roberto, this is a very inviting image, enjoyable to engage with.

Renaud, your image captures the atmosphere ans sense of place well.

Hobbyist, not to be confused with Hobbit (I never read the books, so I know only that it's a creature of some kind), has in part, at least, been replaced by enthusiast, if we can avoid splitting...

Yes, Steve. It's a pleasure to see the canyon in weather other than sunny. Good timing here.

Paul, interesting thought, arresting image.

Nice, Laurent. And joyeux anniversaire!

A fine portrait of a fine man.

Andrew, that's really fine.

Tobias, this is a marvelous image.

It's ironic that the link you provided in your first post shows us the huge daylight window and then photos taken with a bank of studio strobes.

Your space is ample, and calculating your focal...

If you have a watch or electronic phone that displays the time, that can be your timer; you need nothing fancy for film developing in that respect, if you are developing in a daylight tank. If...

Yes!
One can use many tools. The finder referred to is fine, but perhaps you will find that making a viewing card will stand you in good stead and save you money. A single card can represent a...

Francis, you portrait of this boy is moving. Beautifully composed. Excellent.

You're in the right place and among friends here. Welcome!

You might check with another former Adams assistant, Alan Ross, who makes all the prints from Adams's negs for teh AA Gallery. He gives workshops and also will work with you in your own darkroom, if...

Beautifully done, Paul.

Posted previously, but since you asked. Part of an ECE (Early Covid Era) set of composition studies, in this case considering tension created at edges balancing with tonal masses.
4x5, 210mm, HP5
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Helios, re: extra sheet in the tank.

I mentioned this a while back in regard to avoiding added density, on an inward-facing neg, from developer passing through the slots of an empty second holder....

Best wishes, Patrick; glad you found the source of the problem without too much wasted effort, or further images! I have not used Foma (I shoot HP5 exclusively at present, for various reasons), but...

On the other hand, since you don't have a darkroom, any possibility that the place processing the film has an issue?

Are the scratches going in one direction, as fro pulling of pushing into or out of? Base side or emulsion? Random on each sheet? If white in print, they are most likely on base. If you have unexposed...

Shufu, nice tonalities.

roargentik, I like the first one best, though the I find the print values less than ideal.

I don't have one, only a wooden Tachihara, but I had the same problem once, and it was because I had not fully retracted the focus and/or had moved the front or rear standard.

It appears that a crop, a full-frame, and a contact sheet of of 3 bracketed frames (3rd image) of each 35mm film are included. Of the films I checked, all the contact sheets were underexposed,...

Vinay, namaste, or, as my children would once have said, namaskaram (which, I just saw, is the same in Malyalam as well as Telugu).

I would hardly call it a stampede, but there appears to be an...

Exceptional work Beano; very painterly composition.
I am guessing that we are seeing a negative scan, toned in PS or other software. The tonality and sharpness are arresting.

P.S. That's some...

I added more than a stop for compensation. This tiny-and-light lens makes macro work easier, though I don’t remember this shot being too difficult – the subject didn't move and was at a normal tripod...

Well, Antonio, some of us my offer that you would not be accepting second-best by choosing 4x5 B&W, especially processing it yourself. Norway is a beautiful country, though I have seen it only in...

I have just learned that the author of A World history of Photography and A History of Women Photographers died Feb. 20 at the age of 96. An emminent scholar and wonderful writer who continued...

Yes, welcome! Long roads can be rewarding.

Addendum, from folks over at Photrio:

Spartan Photo Center in SC runs a site, in addition to its own, here:

https://bogentripodparts.com/

If they have what you need, U.S. members will...

Nice, Ben!

I love seeing people wading, diving, tiptoeing, sidling,or otherwise entering the craft of film photography, LF included. If I get chance, perhaps by autumn, to give a presentation on B&W film...