Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it almost looks like reticulation (emulsion damage due to wide temperature swings during processing). i've never had this happen to me, but examples in books look somewhat like your image. - -rei > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> > > > On 1/14/02 at 6:56 AM, shino@ubspw.com (Rei Shinozuka) thoughtfully wrote: > > > i like both of these images as explorations of form and tonality. > > > > but i must say the scans--particularly that of the main image-- > > are uncharacteristically grainy, particularly for tri-X and xtol. > > do your prints look like this? > > > > -rei > > Yes, they do. I think it was a misadventure in the darkroom. I've shot other > rolls of Tri-X and they were not nearly as grainy. So I don't think it's an > artifact of the scan. > > I use a rental darkroom and don't have complete control over the chemistry - so > there are things that are a bit beyond me. > > I'd appreciate thoughts on what I might have done to make them so grainy. > > Thanks > > Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html