Large Format Landscapes

[JaZ99]

Perhaps you could share how you correct the white balance(maybe on another thread).

It is actually described in the booklet shipped with the kit. I just add a 0.06 ml of 20% NaOH per 0.5L of CD.
Chromes look good with naked eyes, but I'm going to develop the control strip tomorrow. I can report back, if anyone interested.

[Colorado CJ]

Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

That black thing is an Alpaca.

Storms-Coming by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

[StoneNYC]

Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

That black thing is an Alpaca.

Storms-Coming by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Some people's tests are better than my normal photographs.... Lol

[Colorado CJ]

Some people's tests are better than my normal photographs.... Lol

Thanks. It wasn't a complete success though. As you can see, the photo isn't in 4x5 proportions. I had to crop the lower area because of a developing error. I am new to large format and am currently using the "taco" method. Things didn't go right and the edge of the film didn't get developed right.

I think I'll try tray development next.

[StoneNYC]

Thanks. It wasn't a complete success though. As you can see, the photo isn't in 4x5 proportions. I had to crop the lower area because of a developing error. I am new to large format and am currently using the "taco" method. Things didn't go right and the edge of the film didn't get developed right.

I think I'll try tray development next.

I was never happy with taco, Mod54 or JOBO 2509n are both excellent, have never done tray. Good luck!

[premortho]

Thanks. It wasn't a complete success though. As you can see, the photo isn't in 4x5 proportions. I had to crop the lower area because of a developing error. I am new to large format and am currently using the "taco" method. Things didn't go right and the edge of the film didn't get developed right.

I think I'll try tray development next.

I've never used any other metheod except tray developing for almost 70 years. And the guy who taught me, my grandfather, had been tray developing since 1895. So between us we've covered almost 140 years of this, if my math is right. He developed them one at a time, and so do I. Maybe that's why the process works so well for us. (Actually he passed on in 1950). He started when he bought his first bottle of Rodinal in 1895. I still use it. I develop it the way all the old photo guides tell you to do it. I use 5 ounces of soup (offen 50-1), tilt the tray slightly, and flow the soup across the top of the negative in one fell swoop. Not rapidly enough to get bubbles or air bells, but fast enough to cover the whole sheet quickly, so development is even. About 8 minutes for the films I use. More or less 100 speed. I use a 5X7 tray for 4X5 negatives, and 8X10 trays for 5X7 film. Agitate per directions. Ortho and Panchro films. Incidentely, while tray developing is faster than tanks and other ways, I just adjust the mix to get the process to work at 8 minutes or so.

[sdzsdz]

Another morning. It should have been an holiday vacation, but I got up at 3:30 AM nearly every morning. Could not sleep while I was knowing that these colours show up on the other side of the curtain.

Tachihara 4x5, Ektar 100, 75mm Super Angulon, Drumscanner. I did NOT amp up the colour! Only RAW Scan and contrast after inverting with ColorNeg Plugin.


Bornholm 6 von sdzsdz auf Flickr

[Jim Cole]

sdzsdz,

That was worth getting up for. Really nice shot and the Ektar captured it beautifully. Congrats!

[cajunc2]

My second large format frame ever. The first was a bit... uh... overexposed. Pulled the dark slide before closing the shutter. Whoops!

It's just a test shot off my back deck to try out the Crown Graphic I inherited from a friend's grandfather. It's equipped with an Optar 162mm 1:4.5. Unfortunately, the shutter speeds below 1/10 are gummed up and the lens has some separation in the rear group. It still makes some great images though.

Shot at f/16 with a yellow filter on Ilford FP4+, souped in D76, scanned half at a time on an Epson V550. Stitched, de-dusted, sharpened, and contrast tweaked in Photoshop.

[StoneNYC]

Another morning. It should have been an holiday vacation, but I got up at 3:30 AM nearly every morning. Could not sleep while I was knowing that these colours show up on the other side of the curtain.

Tachihara 4x5, Ektar 100, 75mm Super Angulon, Drumscanner. I did NOT amp up the colour! Only RAW Scan and contrast after inverting with ColorNeg Plugin.


Bornholm 6 von sdzsdz auf Flickr

Vacation be damned! Best ektar sheet I've ever seen, I'm a Velvia man but it's good to know SOMETHING can be pulled from that darn CN stuff good job!