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A potter taken as the sea was going out, taken on my Arette 1a on Fomapan 400 film
· Date: Wed, 26, June, 2013 · Views: 5516
· Filesize: 43.8kb, 198.4kb · Dimensions: 876 x 637 ·
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Keywords: Arette fomapan
Film make, size & rating:: Fomapan 400@320 35mm
Film developer & temp:: Rodinal 1/60 20
Lens Focal Length, aperture & speed:: 50mm
Paper:: kentmere vc select
Paper developer & temp:: acugrade

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Terry S
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Wed, 26, June, 2013 1:59pm

A nicely composed picture Richard but I am a little worried that if the borders are corrected to the colour white, rather than the grey that they are at the moment, the print will appear even lighter on my screen that it already is?


As someone who prefers a darker print it would appear much too bright then.


The print on the screen at the moment though, WITH greyish borders is just about right but I would still prefer it a little darker to darken the sky and beach tones = just a little.


But then again this is just my taste and as I say, I do like the composition very much.


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Wed, 26, June, 2013 3:16pm

Terry, it is just the way it scans, my computer skills are not the best, and the borders are white on the actual print, Glad you like it,
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Thu, 27, June, 2013 7:14pm

As the recipient of the print I can say that the "levels" are just fine. The image on screen is a bit off in this regard, and does show it brighter than in reality, and I assume this is a factor of the uploading software.


The scanned image does however show off quite well the very apparent and attractive grain in the original print, particularly in the sky. Richard mentioned in his covering note that the film is rated at 320 and developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 18 mins. Is it a full frame print from the neg Richard?


Grain like this can be hard to achieve so effectively with modern films, and the result is well worth being aware of.


Thanks again for the print Richard.


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Fri, 28, June, 2013 4:55am

Gerry, this is a full frame print, but fomapan 400 is an inherently very grainy film, and developing in Rodinal 1/50 tends to enhance the grain in 35mm, It doesn't show up in every subject in the way it does on this print, but with landscape/seascape, with some burning, the grain of the film comes though, it is certainly one of the grainest films around, but I personaly like grain, and I find fomapan grain to be a ''nice'' grain
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Fri, 28, June, 2013 8:47am

Thanks for those points guys. Smile


Also interesting to hear about Fomapan 400, as I to like a bit of grain!


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Fri, 28, June, 2013 2:36pm

Thanks Richard. I often use 6X6 HP5 in rodinal, and I'll certainly give the Foma a try now. It is one of those many subjective areas of photography, but "grain" is a key element that gives film based prints that extra tactile look and feel over their distant digital cousins!


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Fri, 28, June, 2013 4:17pm

Gerry, I use 6x6 120 fomapan in 120, develop it for 18 minutes in rodinal 1/50, which is more than the suggested time, (11 to 12 minutes) by a long way, but it gives me the negative I like, but with Fomapan there is not a huge difference between 12 to 18 minutes in Rodinal, also I find Fomapan is better at box speed, obviously with 120 you won't get the grain the same as 35mm, but with a big enlargement you can find grain, well worth, I use Fomapan as my main go to film and have done so for a few years now, I love it.
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Thanks for the tips Richard, I will definitely try it and see how I get on (I've also deleted a duplicate post above!).


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