It was a scan of the negative and I inverted it in Lightroom Classic. What you see is the best I could get out of the software and even with a magnifying glass, everything in the sky is uniform on the negative.
It was a scan of the negative and I inverted it in Lightroom Classic. What you see is the best I could get out of the software and even with a magnifying glass, everything in the sky is uniform on the negative.
I talked about your guide with my wife's uncle (large format photographer since the 1950's) and here are his explanations:
"The guide you have referenced mentioned Arista VC paper which is consistent with what I have read
about paper choice for paper negatives.
You will find it a difficult if not an impossible task to get the sky to render with tonal texture with
Ortho negatives. They can’t register the red spectrum ( think safe light). A red filter blocks the blue
light from the sky and will register dark with panchromatic film. Not so with Ortho film.
Aside from the tonal compression difficulties with Ortho. the fact that it will not render a dark blue sky is a non starter for me."
Do you agree with him? Is it about the paper?
I have finally made a photo with some definition in the sky. I forgot to bring the filters, I would probably had gotten better results.
Paper negative by T. Chabry, on Flickr
I like your sky
Tin Can
Looks good to me.
Nice work -
Only one suggestion..... Get a frame. ;-)
Thanks. A frame for what? To place it on a wall?
I don't know about that, I am still on learning and training stage with a 4x5 camera. When I will be ready, I will use my 8x10 camera to hopefully make a contact print and place it on a wall.
good job on the sky, not easy with paper negatives. The water looks great too!
( actually... you can get fantastic sky with paper negatives if you expose for the sky... but the foreground tends toward being a silhouette
pre-soaking can help with development lines in paper negatives.
I use a Yellow #2 filter. Or a "Medium" Orange filter.
Super happy with the results of developing B&W paper using coffee for the first time ever. Seems as this might be a double exposure with the 2 fluorescent lights going on and something under the bookshop sign. This was shot with my Crown Graphic 4x5 camera using photo paper. I am excited to do it again! This was shot in Harper's Ferry, WV.
Brilliant James!
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