Naptime, comments welcome.

• Brendan Quirk

• Apr 2, 2021

Sweet creature - is this an extreme enlargement?

 

• pbromaghin

• Apr 2, 2021

Not at all. It's maybe 60-70% of the negative. ISO 400 in low-contrast, heavy shade. I'm glad you ask, as you are a wizard with 35mm. I welcome criticism.

 

• pbromaghin

• Apr 3, 2021

@Brendan Quirk On second thought... It started out 24x36mm. The original crop took about 20% off each side. The de-resolution of the PS "save for web" effectively took another 50% off each side. On my screen it is enlarged to 275x350mm.

So yes, it is an extreme enlargement.

 

• Brendan Quirk

• Apr 3, 2021

I don't usually comment on negative scans, as I am not very good at that myself. I just loved the picture, but wondered about the grain...

The koala reminds me of one of my ragamuffins cats asleep. Cute can be worth it.

 

• pbromaghin

• Apr 4, 2021

@Brendan Quirk Yes, the grain. I have done a lot of developing since the new year to clear up a Vivian Maier-like backlog, and have become unhappy with the way my HP5 negs are coming out. It may be due to flawed development method. I am switching to full-strength D76.