gb hill
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Very nice. #3 (the boat) is really special to me. I love seeing your work. You'll only get better & when you do make a mistake learn from it & keep shooting!
Feel excited, I have my first roll self developed and scanned
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David_Manning
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Congratulations!
My own limited experience...the film I developed wasn't as grainy, and the little flecks of white went away, when I switched to distilled water instead of tap, and developed at 68 degrees instead of 74-75 degrees (room temperature at the time). those two things were HUGE for me.
Again, well done. It's fun and satisfying, isn't it?
My own limited experience...the film I developed wasn't as grainy, and the little flecks of white went away, when I switched to distilled water instead of tap, and developed at 68 degrees instead of 74-75 degrees (room temperature at the time). those two things were HUGE for me.
Again, well done. It's fun and satisfying, isn't it?
Tom hicks
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I feel your excitement I'm going on 5 weeks now since my first self dev. Like other have said they look really good .
Tom
Tom
oftheherd
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Tat ca tot lam. Ong chi phai tap nhieu. Sin loi, toi khong noi gioi duoc. Lau qua khong co dip tap noi chuyen.
I agree you need to practice more on loading the steel reels. That kind of thing happened to all of us when we were first starting out. Even so, I still prefer steel reels.
But the photos and the scans are good. Keep trying. You will only get better.
I agree you need to practice more on loading the steel reels. That kind of thing happened to all of us when we were first starting out. Even so, I still prefer steel reels.
But the photos and the scans are good. Keep trying. You will only get better.
mathomas
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Great first results! I remember how thrilling it was when I did my first (and it still continues to be). The last image you posted, (with "ORIGINS" in the background) has a great 3-D effect. Very nice stuff. Be proud!
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rpsawin
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Thang,
Nice job! You are off to a terrific start. And may I suggest you initially work with one film/developer combination and get get confident with it before you experiment with others? I think you will find that you can assess your results much better.
Keep up the great work,
Bob
Nice job! You are off to a terrific start. And may I suggest you initially work with one film/developer combination and get get confident with it before you experiment with others? I think you will find that you can assess your results much better.
Keep up the great work,
Bob
BobYIL
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Tones are fine, scanning seems OK. For least dust or scratches:
- Practice loading and also unloading (!) the reel/s with scrap film until you do these smoothly. Do it under light first until you master it with no issue and then repeat it with eyes closed or in dark until you do it with same ease. Pay great attention to not scratch the film while taking it out of the reel for it's too soft now, better hang one end on a place first and take the reel off by rolling down. Keep in mind, the place you hanged it after taking out of the reel will be the drying location too. Not to be transported from one location to the other.
- Use a few drops of something like Photoflo in your last minute of washing, hang the film with a clip at the bottom to make it dry uncurled. Sweep from top through bottom between two WET fingers to wipe off excess water and leave it to dry. (Do these in your bathroom if you do not have a darkroom or in a remote corner in your house away from traffic, away from air circulation.)
- Once dried, carefully cut it into 5-6 frame strips whatever your scanner accepts, wipe off softly with an anti-static brush/ cloth, then scan. If you again see dusts, hairs, lints, etc. then you need a cupboard to dry film.
- You can make a make-shift cupboard by using a long nylon bag dry-cleaners use while delivering the overcoats and two wire coat hungers connected to each other perpendicularly. The bag must look like a pipe when hanged, then hang the film into it to dry.
To clean dust out of a dry surface is no issue but to "clean" dust sticked to the emulsion when its wet and dried there is a PITA.. Think of ways to protect your wet film from the household dust within the period of drying.
- Practice loading and also unloading (!) the reel/s with scrap film until you do these smoothly. Do it under light first until you master it with no issue and then repeat it with eyes closed or in dark until you do it with same ease. Pay great attention to not scratch the film while taking it out of the reel for it's too soft now, better hang one end on a place first and take the reel off by rolling down. Keep in mind, the place you hanged it after taking out of the reel will be the drying location too. Not to be transported from one location to the other.
- Use a few drops of something like Photoflo in your last minute of washing, hang the film with a clip at the bottom to make it dry uncurled. Sweep from top through bottom between two WET fingers to wipe off excess water and leave it to dry. (Do these in your bathroom if you do not have a darkroom or in a remote corner in your house away from traffic, away from air circulation.)
- Once dried, carefully cut it into 5-6 frame strips whatever your scanner accepts, wipe off softly with an anti-static brush/ cloth, then scan. If you again see dusts, hairs, lints, etc. then you need a cupboard to dry film.
- You can make a make-shift cupboard by using a long nylon bag dry-cleaners use while delivering the overcoats and two wire coat hungers connected to each other perpendicularly. The bag must look like a pipe when hanged, then hang the film into it to dry.
To clean dust out of a dry surface is no issue but to "clean" dust sticked to the emulsion when its wet and dried there is a PITA.. Think of ways to protect your wet film from the household dust within the period of drying.
Chris101
summicronia
Are you kidding? Five pictures this good from a single roll is a pretty darn good average.
ThangNguyen
Established
I feel even more happy with so much suggestion. Thank you so much!
Film is never die ^_^
Film is never die ^_^
TareqPhoto
The Survivor
They are all bad, you have to shoot and scan more, minimum 150 rolls and post selected shot from every roll, then i will say you started to improve, i hope i can shoot more than 50 rolls in one year :-(
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