I like the framing -- the first thing I thought of was a movie studio portrait of John Wayne in some western shoot-em-up.Originally Posted by ljb0904
I like the framing -- the first thing I thought of was a movie studio portrait of John Wayne in some western shoot-em-up.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
And at the bottom of Cedar Hollow Trail: 150mm lens, yellow filter, overcast skies, scanned from FB print.
[IMG]Neg20Ac flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]
NiceA view of Bearhat Mountain and Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park.
This photo was originally taken on 4x5 large format Velvia 50. I’m rediscovering it almost 5 years later. The scene was quite contrasty, with the snow on the mountain, and, unfortunately, the film was generally underexposed. I was able to rescue the image by bringing up the shadows and converting to monochrome. It is still quite dark, however; I think it works to set a moody, dramatic, scene.
Bearhat Mountain and Hidden Lake by Michael Schomer, on Flickr
Sunset by the Bay, San Francisco, CA 1994
FP4+, Metol/Acetone, Print scan
First Ive heard of acetone in a developer, did autocorrect strike again or is that really a thing?
Sunset by the Bay, San Francisco, CA 1994
FP4+, Metol/Acetone, Print scan
No. Water/Acetone/Sodium Sulphite/Metol. The acetone combines with the sodium sulphite to form sodium hydroxide, which acts as the accelerator. Simple, clean, and proven to produce beautiful negatives!
Ordinary sodium carbonate would seem to be an easier accelerant to fine-tune that sodium hydroxide, which is used in crystal form for very high contrast A&B lith developers, no acetone involved. But there's no arguing with Merg's results, which as usual are a delight to see.
Merg
Thanks for going back into your archives with the last few days posts. As Drew just said they are a delight to see.
That is quite interesting. Is the formula posted anywhere we can see it?
This may work.
https://www.photrio.com/forum/thread...2#post-1578910
Scroll down to pages #32 & #35.
There is an interesting history here. The original Metol/Acetone formula that many use as g. Paul Bishop's formula, was refined in collaboration with my father. Paul was a very fine portrait photographer working out of Berkeley. The initial experiments were for 120 film. Another person involved in the development was John Below, also of Berkeley, who was a professional chemist. John made Amidol for Brett Weston on a barter basis. He ultimately had an excellent collection of Brett's prints! John devised the Phenidone print formula that I presently use and was a good friend for many years.
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