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Peter Williams at the Fair Park

This portrait of Peter Williams is the only decent print I've gotten so far from the Texas APUG meet this week. Peter was nice enough to let me shoot him with my 8x10, as were all other APUGers there. This let me try a couple of things, like using an adapted plate holder as a film holder, and trying APHS in "real world" settings.

The plate holder worked OK, but it was VERY dusty. The APHS gave me some grief with blocked highlights, as I expected. The upper right corner had about an 800% burn, but the rest of the print is quite good. I hope that my monitor is calibrated enough to show it. I really dig the tones on Peter and his camera...

Anyway, let me know what you think.
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Location
Fair Park, Dallas TX
Equipment Used
8x10, 305mm f/9 Nikkor
Exposure
2 seconds at f/16
Film & Developer
APHS E.I. 3, in rodinal 1:333, 25 minutes stand development
Paper & Developer
JandC Polywarmtone in ID-78+
Lens Filter
10 magenta on enlarger
Peter Williams
Andre it's a great shot. My wife wants a print. She's a good cook, so tell her you'll trade a print for a meal. Do you mind if I steal it for my avatar?
 
Agree with Peter, Andre a great shot, and the tones ARE very nice....good call Peter, would make a Great avatar.
 
Foto Ludens
Peter,

Thanks, man! Feel free to use this image for your avatar, and I'll make you a print next time I'm in the darkroom. We'll see if its worth a meal when you look at it :smile:

Mike, thanks man. I thought that I had my monitor set right, then BAM, I hit the "auto" button by accident. I gave up for the day at about that point...
 
scootermm
well done andre. very cool.
 
Have you considered the possibility of using a paper cutter and trimming of some of the top edge and the right hand edge and a little bit on the bottom?
 
Andre, before cutting the film, try using some rubylith tape (or anything to mask the edge for that matter)....then if you like the way it looks, then you can cut if you still want to, if it does not have the desired affect, the negative is still whole. Just a thought, but then I really hate cutting a negative unless I am 100% I need to.
 

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