[pure-silver] Re: Pure Black and Golden.
- From: "richard l. gifford" <rlgif@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:02:09 -0600
I passed on the original post, assuming someone more
knowledgeable than myself would pick up on it. First
problem seems to be you are using a problem scene as a
means of testing for your standard exposure and
development. I agree a gray card is not essential, but
a reasonably standardized scene would be more useful
than this extreme case. First you get in the ball park
for the film and developer, then you apply what you
have learned to solve problem cases like this one.
I have no experience with delta 400 or xtol so can't
predict how far off you might be. I do know that films
more usually fall at half the ISO, not double, so I
would see that as a tactical error for a first test.
Testing usually results in less than the recommended
development for N development. This means the
recommended development is usually expanding, or plus
development. The development advice from Way Beyond
Monochrome, using the standard development, would
probably correctly expand the average flat scene
normally expected on a gloomy day. But you're already
metering the dogs at III and VII, where you want to
place them, so you sure don't need any expansion.
So it looks to me like you're both underexposed and
overdeveloped. The black dog is too far down, the
golden dog is too far up, neither dog is close to your
intended placement. It's asking a lot of a filter.
Regards... Dick Gifford
Peter Badcock wrote:
>>//www.freelists.org/archives/pure-silver/01-2005/msg00666.html
>>//www.freelists.org/archives/pure-silver/01-2005/msg00688.html
>
>
> I don't seem to have had any suggestions for solving my
> problem so I might post it to another online forum. Can
> anyone recommend one to try?
>
> thanks
> Peter Badcock
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