anitasanger
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Thanks for all the tips guys, I'll take them all into account for sure! That's what I like about photography, it's a constant learning process.
Exactally my thoughts when I read this & saw the photos. I don't think it's a scanner issue at all. I've shot enough b&w where as I got that same level of gray that lacks that pop as I call it. Like this one.In your first post of this thread you wrote: "The shots were from the same roll with, Tri-X exposed at 200, souped in Rodinal 1:50."
If you're shooting Tri-X @ 200 you are already over exposing by one stop. Additional overexposure will only serve to further flatten the tonal scale.
Exactally my thoughts when I read this & saw the photos. I don't think it's a scanner issue at all. I've shot enough b&w where as I got that same level of gray that lacks that pop as I call it. Like this one.
This is HC110 & Gekko 100MW. I think my problem is too much agitation. I have some Rodinal that I want to try some stand developing with. I've seen some incredible results from this guy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/holdenrichards/
You can make your life easier by scanning frames individually and adjusting black and white points for each one. I've found that most scanning software is very good at completely screwing up odd frames when scanning in a batch.
I'm not so sure. Agitation would actually increase your contrast. Actually, a flatter negative with the fullest possible range of tones is easier to work with and manipulate post scanning. Scan with the best tones, and increase contrast from there.
Perhaps your right, but I posted this because it was the 1st roll of b&w I developed using HC110 which I agitated every 1 min. A friend who saw this photo sent me an email with a method of getting more contrast using a semi stand method requiring less agitation. I still haven't perfected the method, MOF I have some photos in my flickr stream that are probably more gray scale than this one shot with Tri-X even. I'm still learning! Like the original poster I'm up for any good advice but don't want to steal away his thread.🙂