Diggin99
Established
Hi everyone! I have a simple question. I am curious, what tips can you recommend for getting nice rice tones? A certain fim and developer? Or perhaps methodology in exposure? I find that all the images that appeal to me most have dark, rich tones and have realized that this is what I want to achieve in my works.
Thanks,
Nancy
Thanks,
Nancy
FrankS
Registered User
I'd say that adequate exposure and appropriate development play the most important roles in achieving rich tones.
Diggin99
Established
Hi! Just wanted to clarify, I see its been moved, np, but I was looking for anyone interested in discussing all aspects of achieving the final look I am interested in. So for achieving rich tones I know that film and developer is a part of this but was thinking that exposure techniques or something I had not thought of might also way in.
btw, Thanks for your thoughts FrankS!
Nancy
btw, Thanks for your thoughts FrankS!
Nancy
Xmas
Veteran
Nancy
There was (is) a school on exposure and tones, the Weston Master exp meter was done by one of its diciples. The zone system, it is a lot of reading but simple in practice.
The exposure sets a start point, the development and film control the next phase, I tend to use fast medium film and dilute developer for a long tme and water bath for an interval, I get blocked high lights just the same.
If you use slow film you may need to use one of the associated developers POTA or 2 bath.
Oodles of books on these topics.
The person who moved your past and lost people would regard the esp and dev as linked, they probably were not imposing a Procustean bed solution...
Noel
There was (is) a school on exposure and tones, the Weston Master exp meter was done by one of its diciples. The zone system, it is a lot of reading but simple in practice.
The exposure sets a start point, the development and film control the next phase, I tend to use fast medium film and dilute developer for a long tme and water bath for an interval, I get blocked high lights just the same.
If you use slow film you may need to use one of the associated developers POTA or 2 bath.
Oodles of books on these topics.
The person who moved your past and lost people would regard the esp and dev as linked, they probably were not imposing a Procustean bed solution...
Noel