I messed up: I got streamers through inadequate agitation. I am philosophical about losing photos through technical mishaps, but there’s one on this film that is almost intact and I’d like to print it. The location Silbury Hill, a huge Neolithic man-made chalk mound in southern England near Stonehenge and Avebury. It was a cold damp misty winter’s evening, with the light fading, and I had only a 100 ISO film. So Max Berek is probably turning in his grave over the image quality. I was also constrained by the location of access paths, and the fact that I had only a 50m lens. But I still like the result.
I just want to get rid of the streamers. My question is, how would you go about that in the darkroom? Is the only way to rehearse burning in with various size holes and heights and speeds, until one has it nailed?
(PS - as this is an analog content area, please don’t advise how easy it would be to do it 'next door'. I know, I've done it. But I want to make a darkroom print.)
I just want to get rid of the streamers. My question is, how would you go about that in the darkroom? Is the only way to rehearse burning in with various size holes and heights and speeds, until one has it nailed?
(PS - as this is an analog content area, please don’t advise how easy it would be to do it 'next door'. I know, I've done it. But I want to make a darkroom print.)
