Aberaeron
Trout Creek - Golden Trout Wilderness
Santa Monica
Test Subjects #2
Aberaeron
Moulin Rouge
2005-41-03w
Stream
Andy K

Aberaeron

From my recent trip to Wales. Shot with my old Agfa Isolette. I found this print quite difficult to make. The buildings needed burning and everything below them needed dodging in order to get the detail of the water reflections under the bridge. This was an 'in at the deep end' job for me, because I have only been making my own prints for a couple of weeks and have never used dodge and burn techniques before.
The print itself is far superior to this scan. The detail is incredible. To the right of the row of houses, in line with the roof guttering, on the hillside in the background, there is a row of telegraph poles, in the print you can see the wires.
Now all i have to do is figure out how to lose that annoying piece of dust!
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Location
Aberaeron, Wales.
Equipment Used
Agfa Isolette 1 6x6 folder. Meopta Opemus 6 Color enlarger.
Exposure
1/125 @ f/22
Film & Developer
Ilford Delta 100, Rodinal 1+25.
Paper & Developer
Ilford MGIV RC, Ilford Multigrade 1+9
Lens Filter
Magenta 38
I think that the print is nice and 'crisp' with a good tonal range. I do not know if the white flecks in the lower r/h should be there or are dust on the neg but if the print were mine, I would spot them out in case they were mistaken as dust !!
 
Andy K
Thanks Roy. Those are flotsam on the water's surface. The dust I'd like gone is the piece of fluff or fibre in the sky at top left.
 
You did a great job! I do feel that this nice image could be improved by cropping the sky.
 
Andy K
Thanks Don, I did consider cropping the sky but I like the square shape of the print. Maybe I could burn the sky in a bit, so it has a bit more tone?
 
Charles Webb
An very nice image, and a very nice print. If you are bothered by the dust mark, it is on the emulsion side of the negative. Using india ink or spotone touch the dust squiggle with a 5 ought brush on the base side opaqing the tiny dust bunnie. When you make your next print, the spot will appear white and is very easy to "spot" to match the rest of the sky. I personally use Spotone, but I guess they are no longer in business. By spotting the negative on the base (non emulsion) the thickness of the film will slightly diffuse the edge of the ink spot as you will be focusing on the emulsion grain rather than spot.

I like your capture, and thanks for posting it!
 
John Bartley
Andy, Your printing progress is very impressive. My hat is off to you (at the risk of exposing my baldness :smile:). The detail in this scan of the print is very good. Are you still using glossy? If I recall, that's what your first few prints were made on. Judging from the angle of the shadows, this negative was made a couple of hours before or after noon? and so I would guess that the sky "might" be a little darker, how did it look when you took the photo?... BUT...it is very nice as is.
Have you tried Perle Ilford paper yet? I tried the glossy stuff and I hated the texture, the rendition of greys, everything about it, but really liked the Perle paper.

cheers from Canada
 
Andy K
Charles, thankyou for the advice. I will give it a go, indian ink is still easily available.


John, yes I'm still using the glossy although I do have a box of pearle. I prefer the glossy, the image appears sharper on it for some reason. I will try this print on the pearle sometime this week. The shot was taken between 5.30 and 6.00pm. I had just had dinner in a nearby restaurant with my father and took this as we walked round the harbour afterwards. The shadows on the houses appear noon-ish because the sun is hitting the end of them (on the right). You can see a few more prints, made from a roll I shot in my OM-1 as we walked, here. The time of day is more obvious in them.
 
John Bartley
Andy, those are excellent, really excellent!! There's going to come a day when you'll look at those and be so glad that you've made them. Don't forget to take a few pictures of your Dad too if he'll let you. I know my Dad is awfully negative about having his picture taken and I have to push pretty hard. He's 75 now though, so I do push and get the odd one.

cheers eh?
 
Andy K
Thanks John. I did get a few shots of dad as we worked the garden and as we walked the harbour but I didn't put them online. (He's in the shot looking down with the motor cycle, chatting to its' owner on a bench in the background, he's a retired engineer and a motorcycle nut and restores old British bikes in his shed at home. Mostly Matchless and AJS, but he has done a BSA and a Norton)
 
Bob F.
Really nice and crisp. Can't see any sign of a halo where you dodged/burned so you've quickly learnt how to do that better than me already! It's amazing how sharp those old folder's lenses can be. I take my Zeiss Ikon Nettar out for a airing from time to time which can be fun when everyone else near you is snapping away with their latest digiwondercam... Cheers, Bob.
 

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