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Terry S


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Well, this is the two prints made from my negative by myself (in B/W and on the left) and Rob Archer (untoned record Rapid, on the right).


I sent Rob two prints. A lighter first version printed on Ilford FB matt, which was a much lighter starter print and the final darker version on Kentmere Fine Lustre, where I exposed for the highlights, leaving the shadows to do what the wanted to, which I much prefer.


Rob sent me three prints, with the other two put into various toners, but I chose the one I scanned as it had the most detail in the highlights. He also sent to me a print from a different negative, after I stated the wrong number neg number in my letter... Dohhhh!!!
· Date: Mon, 14, February, 2022 · Views: 2371
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Terry S
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Mon, 14, February, 2022 2:35pm

I've just uploaded the two pictures made by Rob and myself and I think they give a good idea of what they look like, although I think (on my monitor anyway) my B/W print is a tiny bit too dark, but not much and I think Rob's print colour is a bit too saturated. They do show though, how two different people can print the same picture. Smile


Also, the film used was FP4 (NO '+' at this point) and developed in Ilfosol S. The neg was captured handheld about 20 - 25 years ago in my living room, with either a Praktica MTL5B or a late 1980's (?) Vivitar SLR, with both being totally manual.
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Wed, 16, February, 2022 2:31pm

Hi Gents: the notes say the right hand image is untoned record rapid. Not that I doubt anyone, but it's very warm indeed for an untoned print.
I think I'm more drawn to the right hand image, with its open shadows. The benefit of Terry's more dramatic printing is that it suppresses the stray bit of furniture (bed leg?) top right. Also, what looks possibly like damage or some sort of drying mark on the neg also top right. Or, is that a scanning artefact Terry?
Good to see an unusual image posted, where Terry has made an interesting image from almost nothing. Makes me think of things like Imogen Cunningham's 'Unmade Bed' .
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Terry S
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Fri, 18, February, 2022 3:21pm

Skellum, thanks for the comments. It's always good to hear others views. Smile


And what observant members we have on here! For having just checked Rob's print, the negative and the scanner surfaces, they all appear quite clean, so whatever got picked up in the scanning of the print has now disappeared and to be honest I never even noticed it until you mentioned it. Smile


As for the tone of Rob's print, sometimes it's really hard to tweak an image to get something close to what one has in the hand, so mentioned this in the post... 'I think Rob's print colour is a bit too saturated.' I think one gets an idea of what it looks like though. Smile


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Rob Archer

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Fri, 25, February, 2022 9:51am

To clarify, my print on ancient Agfa Record Rapid was developed in Forte Lith developer, hence the warm tones. This paper is too fogged to develop normally. This was a very interesting negative exchange which took me out of my comfort zone somewhat!
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