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Adrian


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Malmesbury Abbey contact print re-printed with 80 units of Magenta. The scratches and spots are mainly from the contact printing glass.
· Date: Fri, 3, August, 2012 · Views: 6679
· Filesize: 39.0kb, 90.9kb · Dimensions: 1000 x 785 ·
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Film make, size & rating:: HP5+, 5x4, ISO320
Film developer & temp:: HC110, 7 min, 19C
Lens focal length, aperture & speed:: 90mm, f/22 1/125
Tripod used Y/N:: Y
Paper:: Ilford MG-RC
Paper developer & temp:: PD5, 20C, 1 min 40s.

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Trevor Crone

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Fri, 3, August, 2012 4:56pm

Looks a much better print Adrian. You probably could tweak it a little to get a tad more contrast in the mid tones, although I suspect the scan doesn't live up to the actual print.

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Adrian
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Fri, 3, August, 2012 7:37pm

Thanks for the Feedback Trevor. Well, that's the joy of printing, coming back to a print and tweaking it. I just wish I had the facilities to enlarge it to make a decent sized print. The actual print has a bit more contrast - the sky is better differentiated from the clerestory wall at the top of the building.
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Trevor Crone

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Fri, 3, August, 2012 7:56pm

Adrian, I think 4x5 contact prints have a certain charm. But I fully appreciate your desire to make enlargements from these negatives.


One can indeed spend a great deal of time 'tweaking' ones printing, but you've got to draw the line somewhere or one will never move on to new work Smile

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Sat, 4, August, 2012 9:49pm

I agree - they're wonderful keepsakes - well the ones that turn out ok. In an attempt to try to fix the low contrast problem, I've spent the day messing about with grey cards, different exposures and developing. I took a couple of shots of a grey card on the 5x4, and developed them separately. Even after pushing a stop (7 1/2 mins in HC110 dil. B) it wouldn't go past about Z4 1/3 (probably the upper limit of a pushed Z3) So, I'm wondering if there's problems with light meters and shutters! Anyway, off on holiday tomorrow to Cornwall with 8 DDS loaded with film!
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Sun, 5, August, 2012 8:27am

Have a great trip and hope you have good lighting!


The upper zones (6-8) move more readily than the lower ones. As you probably know most light meters are calibrated to the 18% mid-grey (Kodak grey card), zone 5, but some are calibrated at zone 6. The accuracy of shutters is a perennial problem. One of my LF lenses gives about 1 stop over exposure.

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