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Tue, 24, February, 2009 9:17pm
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I assume the negative looks OK, so can discount that.
It seems to me that the print was grossly over exposed, and that if you hadn't pulled it, you would have ended up with a black sheet. Is there a white light focusing setting on the enlarger which didn't get reset, or did you fail to stop the lens down after focusing; or both?
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Mike O'Pray
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Registered: October 2008 Location: Daventry, Northants Posts: 8,969
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Thu, 12, March, 2009 10:31pm
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Not trying to be funny or "take the mick" insaying this but it has a certain "Je ne sais quoi" quality about it which suits the still life subject.
I am just not a still life fan but if it had come out technically perfect I am not sure it would have grabbed my attention as much.
Not stopping down after focussing is something I have done a number of times and it sounds as if this may have happened here. I have also forgotten to drop the white light lever as well but it has never had quite as drastic effect as this.
With a Novo slot processor that I use there is no rescue. You find out your mistake as the almost solid black print is pulled out!
Mike
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Michael
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Registered: December 2008 Location: Ballinderry Lower, Co. Antrim Posts: 1,345
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Was yours perhaps the second exposure on the same sheet?
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Richard Gould
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Registered: December 2008 Location: Jersey Channel Islands Posts: 5,433
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Tue, 11, August, 2009 9:45am
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Unless the negative is grossly thin then I also tend to think that you very much over exposed the print,or is there any chance of the print developer being too strong,?,perhaps an accidental doubling of the dilution,like 200 dev to 1000 water, I have seen that happen and produce similer results,Richard
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