cralx2000
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This is my first film development.
Canon ql17 GIII + Ilford HP5+
Canon ql17 GIII + Ilford HP5+
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My first film development
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Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
I think those are thumbnails.
kaiyen
local man of mystery
They look like normal-sized to me. And quite good, too. Them clouds are awfully high in contrast, but highlight detail is nice.
way to go.
way to go.
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
Okay...before he edited, they were thumbs. And they look good to me too. 🙂
gelmir
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What type of filter are you using ?
cralx2000
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Gelmir I used red filter
Good looking results! There is some grain evident even in this small display size, but that might be at least partly scanner artifacts. And I would have guessed a yellow or orange filter... but I'm not really familiar with HP5.
cralx2000
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Doug, I used yellow and orange filter also 🙂
David Doler
Keeping Ilford in busines
cralx2000 - For a first go around, you did good. Real good. I can't say from a scanned, little image but (get used to kind-hearted critique, it goes with the photographer's territory) they are contrasty. As an example, in the center shot the houses in the background go black with no detail at all. And I'm sure there is more detail in those clouds. In general you have blacks, whites and a limited grey range in between. But, on the other hand, most newbies have the problem of having NO black, no white and a lot of grey. So you're ahead of the game.
If your using HP5+, one of my favs. Set the camera's iso speed to 320 instead of 400. Don't use the red filter. Use a yellow one instead. Meter on a midtone object in the scene and take three shots, one on the meter and bracket one stop above and one below the meter reading for the other two. That should get you at least one good negative.
In the darkroom, use VC paper with a 2 filter. Set your enlarger lens to F8 and do a couple of test strips and select the one with the best black, white and midtones. Go with that time. Leave the paper in the developer a full 2 - 2.5 minutes (according to Ansel Adams) and see how it goes.
Good luck and thanks for keeping the darkroom tradition alive!
If your using HP5+, one of my favs. Set the camera's iso speed to 320 instead of 400. Don't use the red filter. Use a yellow one instead. Meter on a midtone object in the scene and take three shots, one on the meter and bracket one stop above and one below the meter reading for the other two. That should get you at least one good negative.
In the darkroom, use VC paper with a 2 filter. Set your enlarger lens to F8 and do a couple of test strips and select the one with the best black, white and midtones. Go with that time. Leave the paper in the developer a full 2 - 2.5 minutes (according to Ansel Adams) and see how it goes.
Good luck and thanks for keeping the darkroom tradition alive!
cralx2000
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David, thank you so much, now I have some direction to play. I appreciate your help. Yesterday I did my first print, I'm in loving. 🙂
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