Junior Wells - Tom Johnston

I like this a lot. What does the "pre-bleach" mean in your post under film and developer? Is this a print or a neg scan?

Great example of the versatility of Tri-X. I am not sure that it hasn't worked in your favour given the nature of the shot.

Great image, the process worked well with the subject matter.

Rick,

By pre-bleach, I meant that I gave the film a pre-soak in a very dilute mixture of pottassium ferricyanide and potassium bromide. That reduces the highlight densities that can burn out in images like this. If, for example, an interior scene is very dark but there is a bright window in it or something very bright like a light, it will help to control that without affecting shadow density. In a case like this, contracted development simply couldn't handle that. I first learned of the technique in articles published by David Kachel. He calls it SLIMT for Selective Latent Image Manipulation Technique and you can find information on it at his website. I never did extensive testing with it. I just go by his basic starting recommendations and it works quite well. Its easy and it takes no more time. It simply replaces my normal water presoak.