Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_2.html I think this is the strongest image of the school pictures. Except for catching the object in mid-flight you have caught them in the act so anybody who has been 16 understands. You have a couple of choices in these situations. If you recognize the situation when photographing then meter for the shadow detail you want to hold, let the highlights blow out where they may. One of your previous posts talked about the zone system so: Probably the eye detail on the off light side is the most important, meter that as tight as you can and decrease exposure 1.5 to two stops to let the shadow approximate Zone III+. If you shoot the whole roll in similar conditions then use a developer diluted more than you usually do, say D-76 at 1:2 with a decreased agitation schedule. Or my favorite, Xtol 1:3. If you catch this situation in the printing stage then break out the burning and dodging tools cause you're going to work for this one. Decide what you want white and what you want black. Do test prints to find out times for this. Using a low contrast filter expose for the shadow as your first printing exposure. Put in your high contrast filter and either dodging the shadow or burning the higher lights give your second exposure. Keeping the high contrast filter in now burn in the areas that need more exposure to come off Zone 10. If necessary, use some ferricyanide bleach to touch up some tiny areas such as eyes that got too dark. I also like the Agfa films as well. Although I'm probably going to settle on Across and Neopan 1600 as my primary B&W films. Hope this helps. Don Dory dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html