It looks to me like a darkroom disaster. Maybe coupled with an
overexposure ( check the negative) The development is uneven. This can
happen with Rodinal if you aren't careful about agitation. I can't
think of anything in the camera that could cause the unevenness. I
suppose a bad shutter could cause overexposure but, in my case, it is
always operator error.
David aka dannysoar
chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Listers
Wonder would you have any forensic thoughts on a rather perplexing image I recently made with my rollei? I've attached the scan here http://www.rollei-gallery.net/chatanooga/image-95531.html <http://www.rollei-gallery.net/chatanooga/image-95531.html> - .
Okay, I got dust problems and you can also see some strange white trace marks. This was my first time using photoflo and I attribute these marks to be drying stains from an overzealous application of it. However my main concern is the general 'muddiness/darkness/crappiness' of the pic. The image is supposed to be a seascape on a bright sunny day.....but ended up looking like a monsoon.
Whats intriguing is that only this frame (#12) and its predecessor were like this; all the others were absolutely fine. The 2 shots were taken together after an interval of no more than a few days from the first 10 pics. Film was panF 50 + rodinal developed in a patterson plastic tank. This is a combination I've stuck to since starting my own development and up to now it has been fine.
rgds
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