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[tuco]

I'm not sure exactly what that means, but you always get good results Tuco. I love the motion of the figure in the door.

Early Morning, Burns, Oregon

Thanks. I have an old friend who lives in Burns. I gotta get out there and see him. It looks like a one-horse town.

The rule for this highlight compression is to meter and place the low values, add 3 stops then cut your development time. Out in the Sun the shadows are pretty much the same value no matter what direction you are looking. So you ignore where the highlights fall. The old adage of expose for the shadow; develop for the highlights. So far I haven't lost any highlights except for the very center of the Sun.

I still have a stash of 320TXP kicking around. While I like it in sheet film, I've never taken to it in roll film. In an attempt to find a use here is the same compression test I did last week of 320TXP at EI 50. I used the Sunny 16 rule on this shot but the shots with the Sunny 11 Rule were better. I also should rate it at EI 25 but the results with 320TXP so far are not very good compared to 400TMY and 100ACR. The neighbor's dog was out so I used him as a test subject. Granted the contrast is not good with sun flare but still other shots were just not as good as those other films.

Testing 320TXP @ EI 50.

[Corran]

Neat! I think your compression methodology is what I'm trying to do (without much success so far) with Rodinal. Gotta keep trying.

I should give Pyrocat another try though. It burned me several times with blank sheets of film for unknown reasons so I stopped using it.

[Kav]

I'm currently on the west coast. And man 'o-man how I have missed this part of the US. Everyday we are treated to an outstanding sunset and sunrise:



While I'm here and trying to learn with off camera lighting in my spare time I've made it know that if you stop by I am going to take your photo:







All photos taken with a D7000 and a 85mm f2

[Myxine]

Here's one from my summer trip to Yosemite. Xpan with TriX. I have hopes that once properly scanned and/or printed it could look good


The Drapery Falls by L'Eidolon, on Flickr

This one's from the salt flat, on a rest area close to Salt Lake City


Salt Flats by L'Eidolon, on Flickr

I really love the Xpan. It quickly became my go-to camera during this trip

[tuco]

I once did a static jump from this plane. On the other side is a round bar sticking out from the door. They had you stand on that, reach and grab the strut, hang from it, hand shuffle along its length till you reached a marker near the wing, took your picture and finally gave the signal to let go.

I couldn't believe it. First-time jumper and they practically had you wing walking. You had to take about 3 or more hours of training before the jump. It was only from about 3000ft (900m) height but all the training went out the window soon as I let go. I froze. If I had to pull the cord myself, I would have hit the ground before I finally came to my senses on what was going on.

Another from that test roll. Sunny 11 Rule here too



100ACR @ EI 6, Y2 Yellow Filter

[goamules]

One shiney plane deserves another. F-86 from this weekend's Dallas airshow. 1930s Fed 100/6.3.

[jcoldslabs]

I froze. If I had to pull the cord myself, I would have hit the ground before I finally came to my senses on what was going on.

Thanks for the honesty! I have never parachuted and likely never will since I'm way too scared, but your experience would certainly apply to me if I tried it.

I'm liking the Sunny 11 thing. I'll have to try it and see what happens. How much are you pulling the development? When I shoot Efke 100 my shadows are always blocked. Makes me think the Efke needs Sunny 8 or something, at least with HC-110. (I rate it at EI 32 anyway, so I guess is IS getting shot at Sunny 8!)

Jonathan

[Frank Petronio]

I was scared too, I understand why they use a static line!

Of course now those tandem jumps are kind of creepy... Big bear guy attached to your butt as you fall....

[tuco]

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How much are you pulling the development? When I shoot Efke 100 my shadows are always blocked.
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Jonathan

The recipe I've been following is to cut your normal development time by 1/2 for PMK. But I can't say if that recipe applies to all or some other developers. Give it a try and let us know. I have some HC-110 also but I have one other film to test before trying it on a different developer.

[Peter De Smidt]

Neat! I think your compression methodology is what I'm trying to do (without much success so far) with Rodinal. Gotta keep trying.

I should give Pyrocat another try though. It burned me several times with blank sheets of film for unknown reasons so I stopped using it.

You could give divided Pyrocat a try. It does an amazing job with high SBR scenes.