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I took this picture of the Horseshoe Restaurant, Southhill, VA, USA, last month. FED2, I22, TriX, processed in HC110 dilution E

What I cannot figure out is where those odd circles below the restaurant on the street came from. I didn't do anything unusual when processing or scanning the images.

Any suggestions, fellow FSU cameramen?

Thanks,

Steve
 
Scanner issue methinks. What brand/type of scanner was it? But that's assuming you have inspected the negative, and found nothing there.

BTW, how was the food?

PF
 
The food was good, we had sandwiches, and the place was busy the Saturday we were there.

I don't see the same circles on other images I took that day.

I believe that I scanned the film on a Wolverine Mighty.

The circles are in on the negative.

I will try rescanning using my Epson and post that image.

Thanks gang for the responses.

Steve
 
Air bubbles during development maybe? Strange that they are all so close together though.
Stains of some sort I'd expect to be brighter in the positive image. You could try washing it with de-mineralized water anyway.
 
Rob-F - I thought to try a different scanner to see if I get a different result. Waste of time as when I took a second, or third, look at the physical negative, I can see the 'circles' in the emulsion.

Retinax - Agreed, strange that they are there in a row. This is the first time that I have seen this. I don't know what a stain on a negative would look like, but when I get out a magnifier, I don't see anything odd on either side of the negative. I am thinking But the 'air bubble' theory is the best theory so far.

My thanks to everybody for their comments. I'll have to try to be more consistent with tapping the film tank on the sink when I process film in the future.

And I have a couple of rolls that I want to process for 'Red October' so I'll need to be careful with those.

Thanks!

Steve W
 
Rob-F said:
Air bells (bubbles) are what I suspected. OP: if the spots are on the negative, why would rescanning on the Epson make any difference.
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What gets me is that the circles are darker on the print, meaning they have to be lighter on the negative. I've found that most anything foreign, be it dirt or a water spot, will show up as lighter on the print.

I would say it's something that caused the development to be less complete in those spotted areas. Air? Perhaps? Not really sure however.
 
dmr said:
What gets me is that the circles are darker on the print, meaning they have to be lighter on the negative. I've found that most anything foreign, be it dirt or a water spot, will show up as lighter on the print.

I would say it's something that caused the development to be less complete in those spotted areas. Air? Perhaps? Not really sure however.
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These spots are consistent with bubbles on the negative for part of the time during development. They aren't all in a row, there is one higher up, on the wall, and one at the very bottom of the scan.

Steve, you should be able to clone them out if you plan on further digital processing of the scan. If you want to wet print it, there's not much you can do.
 
So bubbles seems to be the majority opinion. If you use a Paterson type developing tank, use the twisting rod for initial agitation as per the manufacturer's instructions. Does wonders against bubbles, watch the effect when you have the lid off!
 
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