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Published: 2006-05-18 14:29:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2369; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 112
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Another photo session at my beloved industrial sight, or what's left of it :[Google Earth KMZ
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camera: Ihagee Exa [link]
film: Ilford FP4, ISO 125
exposure: 1/50 sec. f2.8
paper: AGFA Brovira chamois, 3 x 4 inch (Damn, that photopaper's wavy)
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good effect.Is that paper out of date stock?
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Thanks. haha, sort of. the paper's around 40 years old, or even older. but it still works perfect. when I did this print my developer was to warm and to fresh so the mid tones and lights got to dark, but now everything's fine...
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A few years back I threw out several boxes of Ilford Galerie because I had packed up my darkroom for good.I kinda miss it now.I once mistakenly printed through the back of the paper and got a very soft ghosted image which led me to experiment(very long exposures) and get some remarkable results but that was back in the days of pure purists and little experimentation.Good point about your dev being too fresh,I always put a few test strips through to break it in,anyway you are getting some good and interesting results that are suiting the images.
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Oh, no. What a shame! 
Got to try out that backside technique the next time I go down to the darkroom. By long exposure do you mean something around 2-4 minutes? I don't have test strips, but the container is only half full so it gets air. guess the last time I used it, it was just right. Next time it might be weak allready...
The ghosted image on TUBES is resulting from underdevelopement time - another absolute no-no in a purists world
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I ALWAYS used fresh developer every session.By long exposure I meant anything up to ten minutes or more,depends on the density of the neg.Well yeh underdev results can usually be achieved with increased dilution but you know if you see something you like in there then you go with it.Test strips are just strips torn off the paper you are using to check exposure etc rather than using a whole sheet.I do miss the cosy creative womb of the darkroom but not the chemical smell or the stains.Keep enjoying yourself.
Effort is never wasted when you are creating.I am looking forward to the release of 'A Scanner Darkly'.
Take care Max, i like what you are doing.
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Whaaat? New developer every single session? How many prints do you get from one session? I use about one liter for my bath and make about 20-30 prints per session. I'm a freshman, I only had three sessions so far, but I'm planning to use the same liter a few more times ...
Mhm, I guess you're right - effort is never wasted when you are creating. I was just some sort of pissed, realising the contest was U.S. only after spending hours of struggle and pain. (The footage didn't worked properly and I had to spend about 8 hours converting and reconverting again and again... and again. motivation was going below zero - time was running.)
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If you store your dev in an airtight container for re-use you should get another session and a bit,no more.developer oxidises as you are using it.It's cheaper changing developer than wasting paper.Check the manufacturers website for dev capacity.
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firstly congratz
secondly, i adore the fact there is a total lack of black in this image, it completes converts it to a whisper.
and it simple just works! great stuff.
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thank you
hehe "a total lack of black" - sounds like a band name!
I was really amazed about the outcome, because the negative was 'properly' exposured. Bob Ross would have said: "it was a happy accident"
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aahahahahaahah
dude you gotta love Bob Ross.... "Over here in our little world we'll have some tree's, where the birds will sing and the squirrels thus play." [cuts to some owl he's been looking after]
band name eh!? i'll buy the domain, sell it to em at a later date.... should it ever come to be!
Oh and your welcome!
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ahaha yeah right! "We gonna give that tree a friend. Everybody needs a friend...
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Congrats on being a winner! 
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The hazy light and the minimalist composition and a marvelous tonning , very good work the grain is al dente
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Thanks for your kind words and the fav...
hehe "the grain is al dente"
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Hey, Great shading, especially in the top right corner( to me anyway). The haze/dust, Looks almost too good 
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Thanks! I'm really happy with it. I tried different versions of exposure in the darkroom (the negative is properly exposured = really dark). So in this case I decreased the exposure time of the paper from 12 to 8 s. Another thing (which is an extremly unprofessional method) is to decreased the developing time as well. This means the photo would have been darker with full developing time. I believe the dusty quality is a result of unfinished developement.
Of course there was more detail, but it's slightly blured and this old paper is billowy what results in additional blur as well. Can't have it all - professional sharpness OR amature blur - that's the deal
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Its tight no matter. unprofessional? BAH! its art. its whatever you gotta do to make a tight picture. So good job. its tight.
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Crazy, I'm not a photographer, but that sounds like quite a bit of work. It came out cool though, nice job. I need to get a good camera someday when money lets me. The only camera i've had was a really crapy digital one, and I got some great shots with it only to be let down by the pics being way low res.
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nah, it might sounds complicated, but it isn't.
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I like it, it's really quite pretty in it's own way.
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This is really organic looking... reminds me more of bamboo than anything obviously industrial. I like the play on that.
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that's a good point of view :]
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Dieser verblichene, kontrastarme Look und dazu das minimalistische Motiv passen einfach gut zusammen. Sieht toll aus. Nur der Pfeil und besonders dieses Schild (?) am unteren Rand lenken etwas zu sehr ab find ich. SchΓΆne Kamera ΓΌbrigens.
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Danke! Hmm, meinste echt? Ich fand den ganz Pfeil witzig... aber Witz ist hier vielleicht garnicht angebracht (?)
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Keine Ahnung, aber was heiΓt schon angebracht.
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