You can get more stops on the highlights but it becomes tricky, needing to preflash the paper and mask etc. My rule of thumb when taking a photo is two stops max under exposure on the shadows and around 3 or 4 stops of over exposure on the high lights. I usually do a 1 minute fix with RC, longer for FB. Im in the process of building another much larger, will be good when finished.Ĭlick to expand.Wish I had a toilet in my darkroom, bit gross pissing in the sink.
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My dark room is 4 1/2' x 6' with a 2'圆' sink and a 4x5 enlarger in there. Once you get the hang of it you can control the final out come much better. Tricky negatives require a lot more work. You'll get further along with a good negative with highlight detail and shadow detail of only a few stops difference. The other two lack shadow detail, If you can see it on the neg you might pick it up with a higher contrast filter, then less contrast on the icky. Watch out for shadows of dodging wire or arms and hands. I usually cut my dodging cards for each job, some have a set they use, lazy people like Matt use their hands :roll eyes.actually hands are good sometimes, especially skies and big areas.
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The rest is up to you, dont think it would mater terribly. That will require two lots of dodging, a little extra on the eye. Their left eye just needs a little dodge maybe 1/4 of a stop, Right side needs a bit more work. Your highlights on the left side of the little persons face are just right, good starting point. The first picture is a great one for dodge and burn. If your highlights on your test strip are coming in early you need more contrast, if late less contrast.sort of. How are you working out correct contrast filter? You need to find the happy medium of highlight detail and shadow blacks. The couple of months a year it is too cold I just use another tray of hot water and sit the chemical tray in that till it reaches the right temp. Just pour the illiquid in the tray and and add the ice cubes until it gets to the right temp.
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I use plastic ice cubes to cool my chemicals down. Thin negs are a pain to do anything with, dense negs arent much better. Setting up a darkroom in a "phone booth" requires strong skills on moving around.Īny suggestions are very welcome, and don't be mercy on critics. Have to create a more balanced criterium between choosing exposure time and contrast to apply. There is no way I can do any sort of split grade printing with this enlarger. I have a strong tendency to slightly under expose my negatives (digital habits maybe?) Things I have learned from this first attempt: In here I think I just should have dodge the shadows in the right half of the image or maybe expose them less and then burn the highlights? The light on right hand side is due to the reflex of the station interior.
DARKROOM BOOTH 3 CAMERA SETTING FIX WINDOWS
I wanted the silhouette in the foreground building but maybe would prefer the windows on it and the background building with a bit more light. This was shot in the starting evening trough a window in a station. This was in a train with the window light. These are cellphone shots (not very good for photos actually) and images look with a bit more contrast than in paper.
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I just basically wanted to recognize the process, see it happening.
DARKROOM BOOTH 3 CAMERA SETTING FIX FULL
Have done 3 prints/tests, very basic, no dodge and burn, only test strips in full stops and filters changing.for now.