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Terry S Friend Registered: December 2011 Location: Southend on Sea, Essex, England, UK Posts: 3,795 |
This print was taken on a medium format Bronica SQB with it’s standard 80 mm lens, which was tripod mounted.
Ilford HP5 was used and the light source was from an East facing window with no reflector on the other side. A pop up black velvet background was used. The print was then made on RC grade five Ilford MG paper with a pearl surface. Note: Although a good negative was produced, I printed on grade 5 to ensure a decent black background without too much burning in required. The picture was taken at a small music group that I occasionally find time to go along to at a communal garden for people with mental health problems, as I suffer from depression. The picture is actually of a lady who can’t even play the violin, but she was happy to pose for me. The print itself is uncropped and I basically exposed for the highlights when printing it and then let the rest of the print do what it wanted to do. I did have to burn in a few small areas to darken them though, so that the main attention was on the hand and some strings but there is still a tiny bit of detail here and there in the darkness. A tiny amount of spotting was then required. It’s a very dark and sombre looking print but that’s what I envisaged when I started out to do a few pictures like this with different people and instruments. This is my favourite from those taken at the moment though. |
· Date: Fri, 14, February, 2014 · Views: 5975 · Filesize: 21.7kb, 65.5kb · Dimensions: 1200 x 1184 · |
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Additional Info | |
Keywords: HP5, Bronica SQB, low key, violin | |
Film make, size & rating:: Ilford HP5 at ISO 400 | |
Film developer & temp:: Rodinal STAND developed at APPROX 20C for one hour | |
Lens Focal Length, aperture & speed:: Fixed 80mm lens | |
Tripod used Y or N:: Yes | |
Paper:: Ilford RC Pearl | |
Paper developer & temp:: Ilford MG print dev @ 20C in a Nova slot tank |
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