As above, cropped a bit.
As above, cropped a bit.
Igor.
www.igafoto.com
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.
Beautiful, Paul.
Igor.
www.igafoto.com
Paul How do you get those wonderful tones?
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Eggshells and Miracle Gro (American Beauty (1999) )
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?
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
Tired Hitachi by tuco, on Flickr
500C/M, CB 60mm, 100 Acros
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Thanks, Alan, glad you like this work. Silver Efex has the ability for the user to create their own presets based on tonal adjustments, contrast choices, etc. I have a couple dozen presets of my own that I've created for specific projects and/or specific films or plate types. IE: there are a couple of presets for FP4 developed in Xtol, presets for Delta 100 developed in Pyrocat HD, etc. I start with one of those presets and then (usually) make other minor adjustments for shadow detail, overall brightness - that sort of thing. I find Silver Efex to be a remarkably versatile tool, if working with digital edits of film negatives is something you find fits in your creative tool kit. I use these tools with the goal of creating inkjet prints that mimic how I print in the darkroom. I prefer silver gelatin prints (on Fomatone Classic, which comes close to Agfa Portriga Rapid!) but I don't always want to limit myself to making contact prints of my large negatives: some of these images work better in larger sizes, to reveal the richness of detail.
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