Atmospherics C&C

DaireQuinlan · 08-03-2007 11:55pm #1

Hmm. Took this shot the other day leaving work in sandyford. The actual neg was nowhere near as dramatic as this, I think I might have overdone the PP a little. This version certainly comes closer to how I -felt- while looking at the sky though, although this just doesn't do it justice ! Disregard the grain, either the expired film was at fault there, or my dodgy wishy washy development...

Expired Ilford delta 100, coffee developer (!)

Ruu_Old · 09-03-2007 2:10am

I actually think the grain added to the photo.:) I really like photos with a bit of dramatics (sky), as I have attempted such things in the past myself.

JMcL · 09-03-2007 7:54am

I'd agree about the grain adding to it. I'd maybe suggest boosting contrast a bit more, I think it'd work well

DaireQuinlan · 09-03-2007 9:44am

I played around with the contrast quite a bit before settling on this, I think its a good compromise between overpowering and drab. I also wanted the foreground to stand out a little more than it was when I boosted the contrast on the sky, it tended to get lost a bit.

Fajitas! · 09-03-2007 9:55am

I like it, but wish there was a bit more foreground.

When you're dev'ing with coffee, it's usually about a 45 min wash yeah?

DaireQuinlan · 09-03-2007 10:11am

Nah, I dev for about 12 minutes, then wash until the water runs clear (about 3 or 4 tanks) then soak it for about another 4 minutes then dump that out and throw in the fixer. I suspect I may have overdeveloped this roll a bit, you get a push out of the developer as well of a stop or two so if you want to minimise grain its definately not the way to go.

Fajitas! · 09-03-2007 10:21am

Ok, cool.

Is it pretty reliable?

DaireQuinlan · 09-03-2007 10:32am

I've put about three rolls through it at this stage, and the results were fairly consistent. If you check out my nescaffenol set on flickr, the first 4 are from the first roll, the second 4 from the second roll, and the only one up from the third roll is the sandyford one. The third roll ended up a lot grainier but it could have been just consistently bad underexposure on my part , the cell meter on my yashica definately isn't the most accurate in the world so I have to guesstimate the ASA. Plus film was expired etc etc

Check out the Homemade Soup group on flickr for a bunch of threads of peoples recipes and experiences.

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