Hi all,
Another day, another issue
I've learned a lot, which is good:
- I was rinsing to hard, this caused damage to the collodion
- Less developer means a more 'even' image
- The collodion I use seems to work best when measuring roughly for ISO 1 (I know the issues with metering in daylight depending on the amount of UV that is actually there or not). This is remarkable, because the manufacturer of the collodion claimes ISO 3-5. What could be the case is the fact it was very, very cloudy here the last days. Since clouds do seem to block a LOT of UV light, this might explain why my current images are working when treating them as ISO 1. On a sunny day, the ISO 3 claim could very much be true I guess?
But I can't seem to get the results I expect. The images that are good seem to be to dark to my eye. I will add two images to demonstrate what I mean:
The first image is direcly from my scanner (unvarnished). The image is pretty 'clear': Even tonality, details present, full of contrast. But I'd like to get the images less dark.
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When working with digital, I would simply correct the curves, which (again, only to demonstrate) I have done in gimp. Which results in the second image:
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What I don't yet seem to understand is: Should I expose longer? Or should I develop longer? I am hesitant to develop longer with the developer I use, because as we figured out earlier in this thread, as soon as I seem to hit that 12-14 second mark when developing this much feared 'fog' appears.....
I have tried both. As soon as I extended either the development time or the exposure time the jug lost all details or even 'vanished' against the background....
Any hints? Thanks again for your time!
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