Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, overshadowed by a couple of skyscrapers.
TMax100 in Rodinal.
cambo 4x5
SFX 400 Ilford 6x9
Carlo Scarpa, Tomba Brion in San Vito di Altivole (Italy).
Verito, 8x10, lith print.
More info and larger image over at Flickr.
Carlo Scarpa, Tomba Brion in San Vito di Altivole (Italy) - the chapel.
Verito, 8x10, lith print.
More info and larger image over at Flickr.
Poor development on this image. I think I may be reusing my chemicals too much.
Still struggling to get what I want in overall quality, without having to ReBuild the image in PS after the scan.
Anyway, Rest area in Paducah Ky, called "Whitehaven"
It is a nice shot of a beautiful old house. IMHO it needs a bit more contrast. What film? how did you develop it? I am like you...I hate fixing things in PS! I always try to get it right in the camera so the use of PS is almost nil.
Thanks Strad...
It's funny. I shoot H.S.seniors and small children for a living. My edits are at most 30 seconds, and look great, and I'm even using an older Canon 1D Mark ii.
I cannot for the life of me, good B/W images from this camera... When I say good, to me, that means a nice range in the tones, NO grain, etc... I know it's not the camera, but my development.
I've been shooting Arista EDU 100. I used Arista developer as well. Today, I thought I would back down on the strength of my inversions to help me reduce my grain. I usually develope (2) sheets of 4x5 via Taco method in my patterson tank. Today, I had 3 sheets. I think between my slower inversions, possibly weak chemicals, I screwed the pooch on them.
Development time was 6 minutes as well. I dumped out that developer, and mixed up some fresh. BTW, temps are 68 degrees as well. I have someone coming in soon, so I'll have to wait on the other 2 sheets I have.
Just as a suggestion...try shooting the 100 ISO at 50. Also try using "stand development" these two things will give you more tones and contrast.
I generally shoot Either Tri-X320 at 160 or HP5 at 300 and process it in Rodinal. When I do "stand" development I will mix it 1 + 100 gently agitate for the first 30 seconds and then let it stand for an hour. I am by no means a good photographer but I am learning and this method has given me good results. I might suggest Bruce Barnbaum's book, "The Art of Photography". For ME, his photos are very similar to what I see in my mind. His contrast and exposures are , again for ME, spot on.
The above photo is not far off the mark IMO...please keep on!
Thanks buddy. I'll try the stand method. I might mix up a 2nd small batch so I can let it soak longer. I've never used Rodinal, but may have to give it a try.
So far, I've used D-76, Xtol, and now I'm using Arista.
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