MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

[Iga]

Do not remember if I sent these before.
Very old negatives. YashicaMat, HP5 Film.

[Iga]

As above, cropped a bit.

[paulbarden]

I never tire of spending time with "The Old Man", during the brief time before the river swells and hides him from view for the next 6 months.

Photographed on Ilford Delta 400, with the Kodak Medalist II. Look closely and see what an amazing lens this Ektar is.
Approximately 3 seconds at F22.
Film processed in Pyrocat HD, 16 minutes at 21C.

[Iga]

Beautiful, Paul.

[Alan Klein]

Paul How do you get those wonderful tones?

[SergeyT]

Eggshells and Miracle Gro (American Beauty (1999) )

[paulbarden]

Paul How do you get those wonderful tones?

The answer to that question is less than straightforward, but here goes....

First, and most importantly, is simply knowing what I want the finished image to look like. I want these dark brooding tones, and lot of detail to explore, and that informs me how to accomplish this technically.

So technically, I know I must use a tripod so I can make multi-second exposures The flat lighting demands it) and get small apertures. I always choose one of the modern emulsions for this work, favoring Ilford Delta but Tmax films are just as capable. (I avoid HP5 these days, as I find it far too flat in the upper values for what I do. Its great for portraiture and some other things, but I dislike it for this work I do).
My developer of choice these days is Pyrocat HD, as it seems to deliver the best tonal separation and renders the overall value scale beautifully. For this, I expose at 125 to 160 ASA, to get good density with Pyrocat (You always have to lower the film speed quite a bit with Pyro developers).
Next, the negative is selected (I bracket) and scanned with my V750, and post-processed in Silver Efex Pro 2, to get values and image color as I want it.

Questions?

[gimenosaiz]

Hi!

Romanic church in Sepúlveda, Segovia - Spain.


Cruz by Antonio Gimeno, on Flickr

Iglesia de El Salvador
Hasselblad 503cx : CZ Planar 80/2.8 CF
Rollei Retro 400s : HC-110(h)

Kind regards,
Antonio

[tuco]

Tired Hitachi by tuco, on Flickr

500C/M, CB 60mm, 100 Acros

[Alan Klein]

The answer to that question is less than straightforward, but here goes....

First, and most importantly, is simply knowing what I want the finished image to look like. I want these dark brooding tones, and lot of detail to explore, and that informs me how to accomplish this technically.

So technically, I know I must use a tripod so I can make multi-second exposures The flat lighting demands it) and get small apertures. I always choose one of the modern emulsions for this work, favoring Ilford Delta but Tmax films are just as capable. (I avoid HP5 these days, as I find it far too flat in the upper values for what I do. Its great for portraiture and some other things, but I dislike it for this work I do).
My developer of choice these days is Pyrocat HD, as it seems to deliver the best tonal separation and renders the overall value scale beautifully. For this, I expose at 125 to 160 ASA, to get good density with Pyrocat (You always have to lower the film speed quite a bit with Pyro developers).
Next, the negative is selected (I bracket) and scanned with my V750, and post-processed in Silver Efex Pro 2, to get values and image color as I want it.

Questions?

Very nice. Does Silver Efex 2 have a preset for these tones or do you adjust something else?