Paper negatives

[cplkao]

Thanks Randy!
I usually rated at ISO 3 and I post-flashed the paper with a small LED rather than pre-flash it before the shoot.

This is the first outdoor shoot in the sun and I am using a hand shutter so most of the negs had been over-exposed! But luckily saved by adjusting in the scanning and darkroom, its gonna be hard to contact print it well...I need to get a packard shutter for outdoor shoot

Here are two more from the shoot.

[Randy]

Very inspiring. I have a good supply of very out of date paper but I have yet to play with paper negs - thanks for sharing. I am guessing (and this is just a guess) that it doesn't matter whether flashing is done pre or post exposure - it's the same affect...?

[cplkao]

Hi Randy,

I once saw a test done on APUG where they compare pre and post flashing and the difference is small and acceptable compromise. For me its a lot easier to post flash before developing to save time.

glad it had inspired you

[cplkao]

Saras
Clown/Physical Performer

8x10 Korona Gundlach
330 mm f3.6 Liesegang Anastigmat/0.5s
Ilford Multigrade Pearl

[knuf]

my street
9x12 fomaspeed 311S, cropped to square
through 1.5$ plastic lens (f~25mm)

[donkittle]

Meditative Sounds by Don Kittle, on Flickr

I love singing bowls and have a small collection of them. This one, unfortunately, doesn't sing for me, but it's beautiful none the less. I decided to try to play with a still life scene, finally. I shot two images of this scene. The first was horribly under developed after 13 minutes in home-made caffenol - likely because I was using baking soda instead of washing soda (sodium bicarbonate instead of sodium carbonate). So I reshot the scene adding three stops (from a 2 second exposure to 16 seconds) and that turned out quite well.

Camera: Wista Deardorff V8
Lens: Hugo Meyer Rapid Gruppen Aristoskop 14" f5.5 (circa 1910)
Film: Film: Ilford Multigrade IV RC Paper, preflashed
Exposure: ISO 4, f5.5, metered at 1/2 second, adjusted to 2 seconds for bellows extension and shot for 16 seconds due to weak developer
Developed in Caffenol (6 tps Nescafe, 2000mg vit C, 3 1/2 tps Baking Soda) for 12 minutes at 21 degrees C
Movements: significant bellows extension

[Barry Kirsten]

You've nailed it technically and aesthetically, Don. Lovely image.

[chassis]

Don great image. Did you scan the paper negative, or contact print a positive, then scan?

[barnacle]

"Turned out quite well"???

That's a gem.

Neil

[John Earley]

Love the image Don. Especially the tone. Is that the negative tone or did you adjust it digitally.