Always develop all of your film.

**AllenG** · 06-23-2012, 06:08 PM

I have a box of undeveloped rolls and I processed a few this evening.
These are the kinds of things you miss when when you leave your film in the canister.

**Uncle Brian** · 06-25-2012, 02:35 AM

fantastic image ! I have just used it as my desktop background looks very good.

**Uncle Brian** · 06-25-2012, 02:36 AM

looks rather sinister actually like some wiseguy walking away from a hit.

**djh** · 06-25-2012, 02:48 AM

That certainly is a great shot. In fact, I might get out today and shoot another roll of b/w. Thanks for the inspiration.

**maxman** · 06-25-2012, 04:26 AM

It looks like it could be a movie poster or album cover.
I really like it.

Hang it on the wall! you could probably sell that one.

**AllenG** · 06-25-2012, 11:04 AM

Thank you, gentlemen.

**Edcculus** · 06-25-2012, 05:57 PM

Hey, really nice picture. Very moody high contrast and crackingly sharp.

Care to share camera/film/process?

**AllenG** · 06-25-2012, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Edcculus

Hey, really nice picture. Very moody high contrast and crackingly sharp.

Care to share camera/film/process?

Thank you.

Canon EOS body, 24mm T/S lens--neither tilted nor shifted.
Didn't note the camera settings so that is a guessing game. I usually shoot apature priority; that could be stepped down as far as f16 maybe. The body has eye control focus (and I think metering as well) so the speed was probably metered from the center of the image even though it is a manual focus lens. <--Read that as walking with a camera in my hand, looked to my right, saw a good scene, focused and hit the shutter and got lucky.
I used HP4, developed it in pyrocat, and I selenium toned the film.
Printed on Ilford Multigrade IV RC, also selenium toned. I use a Bessler 23C enlarger and had the contrast rolled as far up as filter goes. I burned the hell out of it and dodged the center.
And the online version is from a monotone scan off of an Epson flatbed.

**Compaq** · 06-26-2012, 06:49 AM

Very nicely captured, and very nicely developed! Great work, Allen, this is top notch street photography, IMO.

**scottish steve** · 06-26-2012, 07:08 AM

It's certainly got something, but I feel this has been lost a little in the very obvious manipulation of the contrast.
I'd make another print with a more natural spread, so the quality of the shot is not interfered with by the artificiality of the processing.

**Bill Smith** · 06-26-2012, 09:03 AM

Nice, what film was it and what developer did you use?

**Edcculus** · 06-26-2012, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by AllenG

Thank you.

Canon EOS body, 24mm T/S lens--neither tilted nor shifted.
Didn't note the camera settings so that is a guessing game. I usually shoot apature priority; that could be stepped down as far as f16 maybe. The body has eye control focus (and I think metering as well) so the speed was probably metered from the center of the image even though it is a manual focus lens. <--Read that as walking with a camera in my hand, looked to my right, saw a good scene, focused and hit the shutter and got lucky.
I used HP4, developed it in pyrocat, and I selenium toned the film.
Printed on Ilford Multigrade IV RC, also selenium toned. I use a Bessler 23C enlarger and had the contrast rolled as far up as filter goes. I burned the hell out of it and dodged the center.
And the online version is from a monotone scan off of an Epson flatbed.

Thanks for the info. No worries on the camera settings. I'm mainly interested seeing results from different films/developers.

On a side note, I'm Getting a Bessler 23C XL pretty soon, so I might be coming for some advice.

**AllenG** · 06-26-2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Edcculus

Thanks for the info. No worries on the camera settings. I'm mainly interested seeing results from different films/developers.

On a side note, I'm Getting a Bessler 23C XL pretty soon, so I might be coming for some advice.

Bessler makes a perfectly serviceable lens. You can do presentation quality work with it all day long. That said, investing in a Rodenstock or its equivalent is not a waste of money. I've got both a digital timer and an old school Graylab. I like actually like the Graylab better. The variable contrast head is great.

Umm....what else? If you can build your printing table in such a way that you can lower the printing surface if you do large prints. My enlarger is mounted on a 4x6 bolted to the wall between two cabinets. My printing table is a piece of countertop and I put shelf holders ever 6 inches on the sides of the two cabinets. I just set the table to where I need it.

If you do plan on doing really large prints the remote control for the focus is invaluable when one can't reach the focus knob and look through your focus magnifier at the same time.